Civic identity in contemporary Russia

Abstract

After the adoption of the updated Strategy of the state national policy, which presents the definition of the all- Russian civic identity, the issues of its formation are actively discussed by scientists, politicians, representatives of the authorities and civil society. Since the generation of young people determines the future of their country, it is important to study its attitude to the formation of an all-Russian civic identity. At the end of October 2021, an online survey was conducted in the settlements of the south of the Tyumen region in order to study the problems of forming the all-Russian identity of young people. 2,000 representatives of the Tyumen youth took part in the survey. In the course of the survey, it was possible to find out the opinion of young men and women about their own successes and failures, about the achievements and failures of the country; about the attitude towards the concept of “Russian”, about the attitude towards Russia as a whole, towards unifying ideas. According to Tyumen youth, today Russia needs to pay special attention to solving the problems of poverty, health, ecology and education. The results of the study confirm that for the Tyumen region today, the formation and development of an all-Russian civic identity in the minds of young people remains an important task.