Tikhonova N.E. Russians’ Dreams for Society and Themselves: Is There a Special Russian Civilizational Project? Sociological Research, 2017, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 21-37. Tikhonova N.E. Russians’ Dreams for Society and Themselves: Is There a Special Russian Civilizational Project? Sociological Research, 2017, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 21-37.ISSN 1061-0154DOI 10.1080/10610154.2017.1338396Posted on site: 22.04.19 AbstractThe article on the material of several national research Institute of Sociology in recent years analyses the specifics of the “Russian Dream” and some of its key elements and demonstrates its cultural and civilizational elements and communication with the values and identities of the Russians. It is shown that the presence of a dream is the norm of the Russian culture in general, but in recent years this rule eroded. The place is still existing, but gradually lost their relevance of Russian civilization project with his characteristic “high dream”. The dream of a consumer society is transformed into ordinary survival. Àâòîðû:Òèõîíîâà Í.Å.