Transformation of National-State Identity of Russian Youth in the Post-Soviet Period: Values’ Foundations and Symbolic Representations

This study is devoted to the study of the reasons for the high importance of Soviet symbols in the process of reproduction of the national-state identity of Russians. The research methodology is built by combining structural analysis with secondary processing of quantitative sociological research data. The theoretical foundation of the presented work is formed by the concept of social identity by G. Tajfel and D. Turner. The author has come to the conclusion that the special role of the Soviet symbolic heritage in ensuring the reproduction of the national-state identity of the citizens of the Russian Federation is determined by a complex set of factors, within which the nostalgia of the older generations or the sympathy of a part of the population for communist ideas do not play a primary role. The absence of an attractive image of the future and achievements in the present, comparable in scale with the victories of the past, cause a situation in which the justification of the in-group favoritism of Russians acquires a retrospective vector. As a result, the most significant events of the Soviet period, reflected in the memorial “tradition of the winners,” begin to play the role of a paradigmatic element in the structure of substantiating the prestigious nature of the identity of Russians. The high importance of Soviet symbols is determined by the presence in its semantic basis of such a value element as social justice. The latter is extremely in demand among the broad strata of the population of the Russian Federation at the moment. In addition, the additional significance of the symbols of the USSR is brought by its decommunization in the eyes of some of the bearers of right-wing views. Due to the latter, Soviet symbolism is beginning to be perceived as “imperial”, which gives it a positive character in the eyes of a part of the right-wing public

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Figures and Places of Memory in the Cultural Space of a Small City (on the Materials of Kuibyshev / Kainsk, Novosibirsk Region)

Herald of Omsk University. Series: Historical Studies ◽

10.24147/2312-1300.2020.7(2).50-57 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2 (26)) ◽

pp. 50-57

Author(s):

Alla V. Kuznetsova

Keyword(s):

Historical Memory ◽

Soviet Period ◽

Small City ◽

National State ◽

Cultural Space ◽

The Past ◽

Novosibirsk Region ◽

Places Of Memory ◽

Post Soviet Period

The appeal to the figures and places of memory in the local cultural space of Kuibyshev (Kainsk) and their transformations allowed us to identify the main trends of reflection of the memory of the past in the 20th-21st centuries. Both in the Soviet and post-Soviet period, the national-state version of historical memory prevails. To date, there has been no serious renewal of the symbolic landscape, which indicates an incomplete post-Soviet stage.

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Value Guidelines and social Well-being of Young People as a Factor in the Transformation of National-state Identity in Russia

Humanities and Social Sciences Bulletin of the Financial University ◽

10.26794/2226-7867-2021-11-3-27-32 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 27-32

Author(s):

V. V. Titov

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Well Being ◽

Value Orientations ◽

Point Of View ◽

Soviet Period ◽

Sociological Research ◽

State Identity ◽

National State ◽

Key Factor ◽

The Face

This study is devoted to the topic of changes in the national-state identity of Russians under the inﬂuence of the transformation of value orientations and the social well-being of young people The work methodology is built through a comparative analysis with secondary processing of this sociological research by the POF and RPORC The hypothesis put forward by the author is based on the assumption that the key factor in changing the value and behavioural attitudes of Russian youth is not the perception of the globalising culture but the quality of social well-being of the younger generation According to the data of sociological studies, the latter is primarily characterised by the presence of depressive elements that form unfavourable conditions for the development of in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination As the data of mass polls show, the image of the collective past is built mainly on the idealisation of the Soviet period, the legacy of which is largely denied by the Russian elites (since this is required to legitimise the existing political and economic model) A positive image of the future in the mass consciousness is either absent or, presumably, replaced by ideas about borrowing the Western European model or reconstructing the Soviet system The image of a signifcant other in the face of the West, despite the presence of confrontation between it and Russia, is seen as a more positive model from the point of view of ensuring social justice.

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Russian Parliamentarism Party Model

Almanac “Essays on Conservatism” ◽

10.24030/24092517-2018-0-4-245-255 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. 245-255

Author(s):

Rostislav F. Turovsky

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Point Of View ◽

Soviet Period ◽

Political Situation ◽

Managerial Positions ◽

Post Soviet Period

The article is devoted to the study of the party model of Russian parliamentarism in post-soviet period. The focus is on the issues of party representation and its correlation with the distribution of the managerial positions and introduction of collective legislation at State Duma. These issues are examined from the point of view of reaching cross-party consensus and implementation of fair parliament party representation principle. According to the author Russian parliamentarism model aims at reaching full-fledged party consensus that corresponds better to the principles of popular representation than strict parliament polarization along the line of “authority-opposition”. Understanding of those issues by the majority of the players was noted from the very start of the State Duma activities, in spite of the acute conflicts in the 1990-ies.The author draws the conclusion that the equation of party representation continues to grow at the level of managerial positions in the parliament that allows to improve cooperation of the parties and to reduce authority and opposition conflicts. Thereby the Russian parliamentarism model makes an important contribution to the stabilization of socio-political situation of the country.

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POST-SOVIET CITY AS A PALIMPSEST

RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. Series Eurasian studies. History. Political science. International relations ◽

10.28995/2686-7648-2020-4-48-68 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 48-68

Author(s):

Elena A. Kosovan ◽

Keyword(s):

Soviet Union ◽

Urban Space ◽

Publishing House ◽

Soviet Period ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

Role Of The State ◽

Soviet Space ◽

The Coordinator ◽

Post Soviet Period

The author of the publication reviews the photobook “Palimpsests”, published in 2018 in the publishing house “Ad Marginem Press” with the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. The book presents photos of post-Soviet cities taken by M. Sher. Preface, the author of which is the coordinator of the “Democracy” program of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Russia N. Fatykhova, as well as articles by M. Trudolyubov and K. Bush, which accompany these photos, contain explanation of the peculiarities of urban space formation and patterns of its habitation in the Soviet Union times and in the post-Soviet period. The author of the publication highly appreciates the publication under review. Analyzing the photographic works of M. Sher and their interpretation undertaken in the articles, the author of the publication agrees with the main conclusions of N. Fatykhova, M. Trudolyubov and K. Bush with regards to the importance of the role of the state in the processes of urban development and urbanization in the Soviet and post-Soviet space, but points out that the second factor that has a key influence on these processes is ownership relations. The paper positively assesses the approach proposed by the authors of the photobook to the study of the post-Soviet city as an architectural and landscape palimpsest consisting mainly of two layers, “socialist” and “capitalist”. The author of the publication specifically emphasizes the importance of analyzing the archetypal component of this palimpsest, pointing out that the articles published in the reviewed book do not pay sufficient attention to this issue. Particular importance is attributed by the author to the issue of metageography of post-Soviet cities and meta-geographical approach to their exploration. Emphasizing that the urban palimpsest is a system of realities, each in turn including a multitude of ideas, meanings, symbols, and interpretations, the author points out that the photobook “Palimpsests” is actually an invitation to a scientific game with space, which should start a new direction in the study of post-Soviet urban space.

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Radicalization of Dagestan’s youth in the post-Soviet period

OOO Zhurnal Voprosy Istorii ◽

10.31166/voprosyistorii202010statyi75 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (10-4) ◽

pp. 49-52

Author(s):

Yusup Guseynov

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Soviet Period ◽

Regular Process ◽

The Republic ◽

Post Soviet Period

The article is based on archival materials, field ethnographic material and examines the problem of youth radicalism in the post-Soviet period. In the XXI century the second regular process of recruiting young people into the ranks of terrorists began. However, thanks to the official clergy (the Muftiate of the Republic of Dagestan), state authorities, public associations of the Republic, the process of radicalization of young people has stopped.

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