Abstract
In recent years Russia has witnessed a massive expansion of national-patriotic youth associations. Following thedecades of officially de-ideologised politics and withdrawal of the state from the discussion of national identityyoung people turned towards various informal interpretations and enactments of Russianness. The articleinvestigates one particular case of such enactment. It describes cultural, economic, and political practices of theOrthodox military-patriotic club “Rus’” based at the Saint Vladimir church. The club is a scene uniting membersof various subcultures. It was formed as a place for young people interested in history, and reconstruction ofhistorical military equipment, and a platform to discuss and promote Russian nationalist ideas. The research,based on participant observation of the club’s activities, and interviews with its members, analyses internalorganisation of the club, ideological orientations of its members, and relations with other similar organisations,notably, with the club of Orthodox bikers. The article demonstrates how in Russia a space of a religiousinstitution becomes a platform where subcultural identities are discussed and negotiated.
Highlights
Research of youth environment and youth subcultural groups in modern stage of society development is a topic of special interest
In the present article the author tried to analyze life strategies, cultural interests and practices of a certain youth group not from the point of view of cub-cultural theories, but from the point of view of understanding that today different representatives of different youth subcultures identifies themselves with a certain interests and scenes including patriotic ideas
I mean orthodox military and patriotic club “Rus” situated on the territory of temple. This unified youth group is a perfect demonstration of the main idea of the research that is that groups of different youth join around one cultural idea or scene
Summary
Research of youth environment and youth subcultural groups in modern stage of society development is a topic of special interest. Analysis of everyday life of the youth, cultural practices and interests we consider to be more practical for understanding of today young people Garifzianova (Pilkington et al, 2010; Garifzianova, 2011; Omelchenko, 2012; Gololobov, 2014) and many others study youth not from the point of view of ideology and politics but mainly from the point of view of understanding of cultural practices and everyday interests. I mean orthodox military and patriotic club “Rus” situated on the territory of temple This unified youth group is a perfect demonstration of the main idea of the research that is that groups of different youth join around one cultural idea or scene. Tarasov (2013), E. Zabotkina (2010), V. Sobolev (2014) and others but most of the works has publicistic rather than scientific character
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