Civilizational Identity of Russia: Problems and Solutions

Abstract

The research featured the problems of civilizational identification of Russia as affected by global and local factors. Russian national identity is part of the civilizational identity. It is a specific feature of the Russian people associated with faith, language, historical memory, a sense of justice, etc. The forms of Russian civilizational identity include collegiality, etatism, a symphony of authorities, traditional family, and Orthodox faith. Thus, the civilizational identity and future of Russia are not connected with Western values: they depend on the strategy of internal self-development and the search for civilizational development based on traditional values. The main research objective was to describe the Russian civilizational code and forms of Russian civilizational identity in the situation of aggravated political, economic, and cultural contradictions between the Euro-Atlantic and Eastern civilizations. The paper describes the place of Russian civilization among world civilizations. The author analyzed the difficulties and problems of Russian civilizational identity. The research was based on the civilizational approach to the place of Russia in the global processes and the processes of civilizational identification.