Russian citizens’ geopolitical worldview:
why Russia is not Europe?

Kolosov V.A.,

Dr. Sci. (Geogr.), Professor, Deputy Director, Head, Laboratory of Geopolitical Studies, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor-Researcher, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, vladimirkolossov@gmail.com

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Zotova M.V.,

Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Geopolitical Studies, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, zotovam@bk.ru

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Rubric: Russia today

For citation:

Kolosov V.A., Zotova M.V. Russian citizens’ geopolitical worldview: why Russia is not Europe? – Polis. Political Studies. 2012. No. 5. P. 170-186. (In Russ.)

Abstract

The authors summarize some outputs of the project “Perceptions of Europe in Modern World” supported by European Framework Programme. On the basis of opinion survey of 827 students in four Russian cities, they analyze their geopoilitical worldview. The conclusions are compared with the results of the poll of 9 thousand students in 16 other countries of Europe and other regions of the world. Special attention is paid to perceptions of Russia.

Keywords

geopolitics; geopolitical vision of the world; Russia's image; country's place in the world; sociological survey; international comparisons.