VALUE BASES OF FORMATION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE ALL-RUSSIAN IDENTITY IN THE PERCEPTIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Abstract

The article presents some results of the author's sociological research on the problems of determining the value bases for the formation and strengthening of the all-Russian identity in the perceptions of young people, conducted within the framework of the project "Youth in Interethnic Communications: Intolerance, Tolerance, Dialogue" in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The focus of this paper is the analysis of the axiological foundations of the national idea as the basis of all-Russian identity in the assessments of young people aged 16-21. It has been substantiated that young people's ideas about national goals reflect both interests directly related to the life of young people themselves (education, living conditions, etc.) and national interests (ecology, health, eradication of corruption, friendship of the country's peoples, etc.). It was revealed that the majority of young people, regardless of gender and age, place (urban/rural) and region of residence, realize the need for the existence of national ideas that integrate Russians, and in general positively assess the possibility of social integration. The leading ideas-integrators were analyzed, including terminal values: health, decent and comfortable life, as well as values symbolizing the most important social problems of Russian society: property stratification and inequality, poverty, education, corruption. Gender and regional differences in young people's assessments of the importance of integrative values for strengthening the all-Russian identity were characterized. The integrative potential of young people was assessed. The article reveals the peculiarities of young people's attitude to the national goals broadcast by the state, as well as the prospects and the degree of social subjectivity of young people in the context of solving the problems of social integration.