REPRESENTATIONS OF THE 1917 REVOLUTION IN THE POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE RUSSIAN YOUTH

The article is devoted to the problem, which is topical for modern political science and practice. The revolution of 1917 is a key event in the history of Russia. Representations about it in the minds of Russian citizens, especially young people, are an important element of historical memory. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research is the political-psychological approach, which allows us to consider political representations in the structure of group political consciousness. The object of study is the political consciousness of young people, the subject of study is political representations in the context of historical memory. The study was conducted using the method of formalized interviews using associative techniques. The results of the research show that the revolutionary events of 1917 cause contradictory feelings in young people: they are experiencing both positive and negative emotions. The event series of youth’s ideas about the Revolution is scanty and stereotypic. Schoolchildren do not have any specific knowledge about these events, their causes and consequences, the most prominent figures. They are poorly informed about how the revolutionary events in the works of culture (literature and movies) are reflected. The level of cognitive complexity of their representations is rather low. This is due, on the one hand, to the non-systematic study of the history of Russia in the school, the orientation toward the preparation for the passing of the USE as a technological examination tool, and not to the broad historical education of young people. On the other hand, the mass media focus their attention mainly on individual historical events in the context of public holidays or anniversary dates. A century of revolution in these conditions remained on the periphery of the information and cultural agenda. At the same time, schoolchildren, oriented mainly to the use of the Internet, for the most part do not fall into the audience of even these few historical and educational projects and programs. The results of the survey as a whole are correlated with the data of surveys of research centers, for example WCIOM. Further development of the research topic may be related to the analysis of youth’s representations about the most significant historical events to determine their symbolic and identification potential.

revolution, political representations, political consciousness, youth, political psychology

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