Alexander Kharichev from the presidential administration wrote an article about the image of the future of Russia

Alexander Kharichev, Head of the Presidential Department for Supporting the Activities of the State Council, together with three other experts, published a scientific article “Perception of the Basic Values, Factors and Structures of Russia’s Socio-Historical Development (Based on Research and Approbation)”. As part of the study, 70 people from among the students of Moscow State University and the Higher School of Economics, as well as the teaching staff of the conference in Sevastopol, were interviewed. Among the metaphors of the future they proposed are the burned second part of “Dead Souls”, among the concepts of the modern state – “Motherland with a laser sword”, among the concepts of the future – “Russia – the world’s “guardian of good”” and “pie”. The authors came to the conclusion that the dominant value for the Russian family is the people of Russia, which itself is a “family of families”.

In addition to Mr. Kharichev, Andrey Shutov, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at Moscow State University, Andrei Polosin, Head of the Department for Cooperation with the Regions at Rosatom, and Ekaterina Sokolova, Deputy Executive Director for Strategy and Forecasting of the Expert Institute for Social Research, became the authors of the article. Article published in October “Journal of Political Studies”.

The study was conducted by the method of group discussions from March to May. 70 participants answered questions about what Russian statehood is, what will happen in the country in 10 years, what is our future and a number of others.

Based on the results of the discussions, the researchers formed a pentabasis (person – family – society – state – country). Value dominants were formed for each level. For the country it is patriotism, for the state it is trust in the institutions of power, for the family it is the people of Russia, for society it is consent, for the individual it is creation. “The thesis was voiced that the European society is individualistic, and we have the main value: family + family with friends, which leads to the emergence of the thesis “family as a level”. Value dominant: the people of the Russian Federation are a family of families. Stimulation of the birth rate and the concept of a “big family”,” the article says.

As a result of the discussions, the following concepts were proposed:

• Metaphors of the image of the future of Russia. “The state is a novel” (it is written collectively by citizen writers, it has alternative endings) “the Russian future is the second part of Dead Souls, burned by Gogol”, “the state is the Firebird”.
• Concepts of the modern state. “Motherland with a laser sword” (a source of pride for the Russian spirit and a guide to the future), “a state of friendly service.”
• Messianic concepts of the state of the future. “Russia as a “country-prophet”” (opposes the Grand Inquisitor), “Russia is the world’s guardian, the “guardian of good.”
• Idealistic concepts of the state of the future. “Wonderful City” (inclusiveness, coexistence, acceptance of others as equals, “by no means
• not to be confused with the term “tolerance”), “Pie” (harmoniously combines different things).
• Mechanistic concepts of the state of the future. “Kaleidoscope” (a multifaceted future), “a medium-sized magnet state” (creates a field for a certain community).

The study participants came to the conclusion that a person in the “Russia of the Future” is “proud of his country, influential and in demand, financially secure, free within the framework of certain rules of the hostel.” According to the authors of the article, the idea of ​​self-realization in the Russian Federation is very different from that common in the Western world. “Self-realization or destiny in the Russian case implies that the individual contributes to the development of the country. The stage of capitalization of the destination is optional,” the authors write.

Leonid Uvarchev