Russian revolution in contemporary public opinion of Russia in the context of communication between the state and society

the article is devoted to the study of the perception of the 1917 revolution in Russia in modern Russian public opinion. The article uses the data of sociological research of the several Funds for comparison with our own research. The studies carried out allow us to confirm and clarify a number of conclusions of earlier surveys, as well as determine new trends in public opinion regarding the 1917 revolution and a number of historical persons that are inextricably linked with this historical event. Indicative is the interest of the Russian population in the revolution that followed the civil war and historical figures in comparison with other events in the history of the USSR, in general by audience and depending on belonging to the age group, where these events are inferior only to such events as the "Great Patriotic War", "Launch of the first satellite and flight into space by Yu. Gagarin" and "Olympics in Moscow in 1980". Interesting data measured the level of positive and negative assessment of the revolution and, as it turned out, more important – neutral attitude, as well as the attitude of Russians to such figures as Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin and persons who are associatively opposed to the image of the revolution and these historical figures – Nicholas II, A.I. Solzhenitsyn, A.D. Sakharov. The results of the study demonstrate that, despite the narrative in the media field and in contrast to modern film production and a number of works of art, including in large numbers timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the revolution in Russia, mostly negativizing the images of the revolution itself and its leaders, in the mass consciousness in Russia there was a reverse process – an increase in interest, a decrease in negativity and an increase in positive attitudes. In this context, we can talk about a certain protest of the mass consciousness on the proposed installations, where directed media and immediate communications become a zone of interference between imperative and protest communications.

the image of the revolution, the Russian revolution in public opinion, the image of the USSR, the perception of the Russian revolution, protest communications, media communications, non-media communications