The Image of the Future of Russia as a Basis for Positive Civic Identification

The article presents the results of a study of civic identity, on the one hand, and an analysis of the images of modern and future Russia existing in the social representations of Russians, on the other hand. A sociological survey was conducted in four regions of the Russian Federation: Altai Krai, Voronezh Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, and Khabarovsk Krai. The authors examine the relationship between civic identity and the image of the country. According to the results of the study, the images of modern and future Russia are presented, which exist in the minds of residents of four regions of the country. Based on the analysis of the data obtained, the presence of similar images of modern Russia, predominantly with negative characteristics, is ascertained. In the perceptions of the inhabitants of the studied regions, there are different images of the future of Russia: an unambiguous positive image, a predominantly positive image, an ambivalent image and a depressive image.