The ways of socialization of the Russian emigres children in France through the mirrow of "life stories"

An urgent ethnographic expertise in the Russian Diaspora in France was cond ucted. The subject of analysis practices and methods of upbringing of Russi an children abroad and caused psychological effects. Russian psychologist a nd French sociologist bring out the language of comparison of French (Weste rn-European) and Russian (Soviet) practices of children socialization with a focus on integration strategy as most fruitful and psychologically ground ed strategy of acculturation. The main method of data obtaining and analysi s-"life stories". The limits and criteria of data analysis are considered g iven contemporary concepts from cross-cultural and social psychology.