Arutyunova E.M. The Russian Language in the Russian Identity and the Communicative Space of Russia. In: The Substantial Basis of Russian Identity. Regional and Ethnocultural Сontexts : [monography] ... Arutyunova E.M. The Russian Language in the Russian Identity and the Communicative Space of Russia. In: The Substantial Basis of Russian Identity. Regional and Ethnocultural Сontexts : [monography] / L. M. Drobizheva, E. M. Arutyunova, M. A. Evseeva [et al.]; ed. by E. M. Arutyunova, S. V. Ryzhova. – M.: FNISTC RAS, 2021. P. 49-83.Глава из книги: Содержательные основы российской идентичности. Региональный и этнокультурный контексты : [монография] / Л. М. Дробижева, Е. М. Арутюнова, М. А. Евсеева [и др.]; отв. ред. Е. М. Арутюнова, С. В. Рыжова; ФНИСЦ РАН. – М.: ФНИСЦ РАН, 2021. – 288 с.ISBN 978-5-89697-374-4Posted on site: 02.06.22 AbstractThe role of the national language in the general civil identity is analyzed – theoretical concepts of nationalism, public opinion research in different countries, the results of the RLMS HSE study and expert humanitarian discourses on the Russian language in the center and republics are presented. The theoretical analysis concludes that both in the classical theories of nationalism and in the changed modern conditions, national languages are recognized as one of the key factors for maintaining a sense of national solidarity.