Drobizheva L.M. Civil Rusian identity: dynamics and potential for consolidation of a multi-ethnic society

Abstract

The publication is devoted to the formation of the civil identity of Russians. Under the civil identity refers to the identification with the citizens of the country, state-territorial space, views of the state, society, the country, the image of us and a sense of community, solidarity, responsibility for the Affairs of the country. The notion that civil identity is a resource for the cohesion of a multi-ethnic space is confirmed in the mass perceptions of Russians.