Russian political mythology: unconscious origins and main content

The article examines Russian political mythology, a phenomenon with deep ethnopsychological and ethnocultural roots. The purpose of the article is to identify the psychological, cultural-historical, religious-symbolic foundations, as well as the basic content of the political mythology of the Russian ethnic group. Based on the approaches of K. Jung, M. Eliade, B. Malinovsky and A. Losev, as well as using historical material, the author examines the psychological origins and content of Russian political mythology as a cultural-historical and political-anthropological phenomenon. The importance of updating the political and cultural heritage in the preservation and development of Russian statehood is emphasized.