Statics and dynamics of Russia’s political culture in the XX–XXI centuries (to the question of the DNA of Russia)

Abstract

The article raises a very difficult question about the cultural code underlying the Russian civilization. The author analyzes the structure of political culture, singles out its “ontological” component, offers his own version of a set of constants that determine the basic foundations of national DNA. At the same time, as a result of a comparative analysis of the imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet experience, their rootedness and continuity in the domestic political culture can be traced.