THE CULTURAL POLICY OF RUSSIA IN THE DISCOURSE OF MULTICULTURALISM

Abstract

The article analyzes the main trends in the development of Russia’s cultural policy at its various stages of historical development and the concept of multiculturalism as the main paradigm for the cultural development of modern Europe. It is noted that the state forms the main trends of cultural policy and is responsible for the formation of a common cultural space. It was revealed that at all stages of its development, Russia viewed cultural policy as a guarantor of national security and an important instrument for consolidating society, based on understanding the uniqueness of our country as a special ethno-cultural space. It is noted that the European policy of multiculturalism destroys civil unity and is used as an instrument for manipulating public consciousness. As the basic documents, “Fundamentals of state cultural policy” and “Strategy of state cultural policy for the period until 2030” are analyzed, in which the state declares itself as an active organizer of the sociocultural life of the society and declares the priority of culture as the most important part of personal, public and state development. It is concluded that the conceptual design of Russia’s contemporary cultural policy is not in the discourse of multiculturalism, but in the traditional way for our country the polyphony of cultures defines the task of modernizing and integrating the mechanisms for creating and transmitting national mental paradigms that are traditional for our country, will preserve the spiritual and Ethno-cultural unity of the country, consolidate forces on the basis of common values and goals, ensure the independence and development of the Russian state in difficult conditions Building a new multipolar world.