Mansurov V.A., Semenova A.V., Ivanova E.Yu. The Generation of Russian Engineers in the Era of Stagnation: Fate and Profession. In: Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging.View from Russia:[Electronic resource]: collected papers European Sociological Association 14th Conference “Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging”(Manchester, GB, Augest 20-24, 2019) ...

Abstract

This article analyzes the results of a questionnaire survey of representatives of engineering professions from the point of view of their belonging to the generation of Russian engineers who passed their professional development in the era of stagnation. Authors tried to find out whether and in what way the fate and inner world of the beliefs and values of this social group influenced the specificity of the historical period experienced by Russian society as a whole, how did it turn out that this period was the beginning of the interruption of many professional dynasties of engineering and technical workers.