title: Обеспечение национальной безопасности как основная функция культуры
abstract: The article investigates the interpretation of culture as factor of Russia’s national security. The author emphasizes culture’s ability to shape national and cultural identities as its important functional feature. Culture sets up fields of exchange and communication which form the earliest “embryos” of national communities. It also helps to construe history as having fundamental value for the rise of the nation. Supporting national culture in no way implies discriminating small peoples, as thei
journal: Znanie Ponimanie Umenie