The article examines the level and forms of interaction between different peoples and the transformation of new levels of identity, which occurs in the process of changing the traditional worldview of individual cultures, and the change of regional identity under the influence of the ethno-confessional renaissance, which has fundamentally changed the position of many ethnic groups and analysis of the development of adequate mechanisms of ethnic migration are summarized, and theoretical conclusions are presented regarding the need to define new principles of identity formation based on universal citizenship.