Nikovskaya L.I. Traditional values as a factor in the consolidation of Russian society: from posing a problem to reality. Socio-political research. 2025. No. 4 (29). Pp. 6-19.

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Abstract

The article is devoted to an urgent topic of the functioning and development of Russian society - the problems of preserving and strengthening traditional spiritual and moral values. The protection and realization of traditional values is one of Russia's priorities, which encourages the state to develop and adopt various regulatory documents and laws that ensure the implementation of this strategic direction both in the activities of the modern Russian state and in the functioning of society, its main subjects.The article presents an analysis of the theoretical and methodological foundations for determining the phenomenon of traditional values in the cultural and historical space of Russian society, as well as its political culture, and outlines in detail the legal framework for their constitution and functioning in the legal field of the state. Traditional values are understood in the article as the basis for the formation of a new value-semantic contour of the Russian state. The special prism of this value-worldview turn in the public space is associated with the increased state policy of opposing Western influence and ensuring national sovereignty. At the same time, the government promotes these value constructs for the purpose of social cohesion, since for the consolidation of people some fundamental set of ideas is needed that are rooted in the historical memory of society and the peoples inhabiting the state. From the point of view of legislation, traditional values themselves are fundamental spiritual and moral guidelines that shape the worldview of Russian citizens, passed down from generation to generation, form the basis of the all-Russian civic identity and the unified cultural space of the country, strengthen civic unity, and find their unique, distinctive manifestation in the spiritual, historical, and cultural development of the multinational people of Russia. According to the latest results of sociological research conducted by the National Research Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the key ideological dominant of public consciousness today is the priority of Russia's civilizational sovereignty, the values of community, collectivism, and the model of a state-centered political system based on solid state authority. It is shown that the attitude towards the importance of the value and civilizational sovereignty of the country is shared by 3/4 of Russians, and by representatives of different generations. There is also a growing sense of the importance of moral factors in the development of society.

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