About the Author

Anna Sanina is associate professor of public administration at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has been the initiator and principal investigator of several projects on social aspects of the Russian political system, the formation of a Russian national idea, political behavior in social media, and city governance.

Reviews

This book is the first sociological study of patriotic education in Russia, a major topic to understand contemporary Russia and the complex relationship between the state and the society. Sanina offers a comprehensive approach of many different aspects and actors of this massive trend of 'patriotizing' the Russian society. A must-read book for all those following ideological evolutions of Russia. -- Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University The book effectively demonstrates the myriad ways in which contemporary Russian patriotism is constructed in parallel with the official ideological picture. It is an important contribution to the field of sociological research focusing on the system of Russian patriotic education. -- Sarah D. Phillips, Indiana University Aiming to provide a new formal perspective on Russian patriotic education, this book includes field research results on different agents of the Russian patriotism, such as regional and local authorities, schoolteachers, students and youth leaders. It provides illustration from contemporary Russian life, as well as a lot of interesting quotations, questions and dialogues. -- Markku Kangaspuro, University of Helsinki