The value basis of the formation of national-state identity of youth in contemporary Russia
The relevance of the research is due to the need for comprehensive study of the value bases influencing the formation of a stable, consolidating model of national-state identity in the political consciousness of Russian youth. In the context of Russia's acute mental and political confrontation with Western countries, the importance of such an identification model is increasing today. Scientific problem: The socio-political changes and geopolitical challenges of the 2010s and early 2020s have contributed to a significant transformation of mass consciousness in modern Russia. They have also had a significant impact on the content and characteristics of the main semantic components that constitute the national-state identity of Russian youth. This highlights the need for further research on the specific features and value foundations of the formation of the national-state identity of Russian youth in the context of increasing foreign policy conflicts and internal social uncertainty. The theoretical and methodological foundations of the research are conceptualized on the combination of an identity study and theories of political values. The empirical basis of the study is found on a set of data from mass sociological surveys on the issues of values of Russian youth (conducted by leading Russian sociological centers) and the results of the research project «Value orientations of Russian youth in the context of global change», implemented by researchers of the State University of Management in 2024. Research Results. The study found that the actualisation of negative geopolitical narratives, and the formation of an image of an enemy in the form of the 'collective West', were important but not dominant components of the value-semantic transformation of the national-state identity of Russian youth between 2014 and 2024. This trend has led to a noticeable emphasis among Russian youth on a negative model of national-state self-identification. While the basic value orientations of Russian youth remain important, they are characterised by a partial cognitive deficit, significant distortion and, consequently, amorphous semantic frames. Conclusions. The revealed trends of aberration and partial deficit of meanings contained in the key political values of Russian youth are today a serious deterrent preventing the formation of a full-scale, cognitively saturated model of national and state identity in the political consciousness of young Russians.
Chuev, S. V., Titov, V. V. (2025), “The value basis of the formation of national-state identity of youth in contemporary Russia”, Research Result. Sociology and management, 11 (3), 118-137. DOI: 10.18413/2408-9338-2025-11-3-0-8.
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The study was conducted by a team of authors from the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “State University of Management” as part of the implementation of the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for the Project “Value Orientations of Russian Youth in the Context of Global Changes” (FZNW-2024-0029), registration number NIOKTR 124092700024-1.