Pat­ri­ot­ism fills Rus­si­a´s ideo­lo­gical void
(WorldNews Finland)

Various forces are trying to guide the direction of political development in Russia. Civic education, grounded in strong patriotism, has become very popular in the country. The foundation for Russia`s patriotic education was laid in the Soviet school system. `The communist ideology set clear boundaries. The current official ideology is not coherent,` states Assistant Professor Anna Sanina from the National Research University Higher School of Economics in St Petersburg. Sanin a visited the University of Helsinki in late October for the Aleksanteri Conference to present her research results. Her latest book, Patriotic Education in Contemporary Russia, discusses patriotic education from...