title: THE WAR FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION
abstract: After the collapse of the Soviet giant in 1991, Russia faced the necessity to answer a number of fundamental questions, which were, inter alia, concerned with its future as a country and the world power, the prospects for its social and economic development, and finally, its attitude towards former allies from Eastern and Central Europe 3 . In the first decade of the young country's functioning, Russia had to struggle with its difficult heritage in order to be able to make up for the time it had
journal: Review of the Air Force Academy/Revista Academiei Forţelor Aeriene "Henri Coandă"