THE HISTORICAL MEMORY OF THE RUSSIA’S CITIZENS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CURRENT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT
Journal: Sociopolitical sciences
Year: 2019

Analyzing the data of the long-term sociological research, the author analyses the influence of the current socio-political circumstances on the perception of historical periods and personalities by the Russia’s citizens. The author argues that despite citizens sympathize with some historical and socio-political achievements and attributes of the post-Soviet society, the Soviet period of the state’s history provides the main components of the national myth to many persons in Russia. Even the mos