title: RUSSIA: IS IT EAST OR WEST? THE IMAGE OF RUSSIA IN THE WORLD VIEW OF A MODERN STUDENT
abstract: The article studies the ways to identify the ideas of modern youth about Russia and the world around it. This is a key component of the human worldview, which determines both affective sphere (love for the Motherland) and behavior (willingness to protect, sacrifice oneself or, on the contrary, the desire to emigrate). Surveys - both closed and open, as well as detailed, assuming reasoned answers - are offered as tools for identification. The results of surveys of students from Moscow, Yalta, Don
journal: Theoretical and Applied Linguistics