Anna Sanina, Patriotic Education in Contemporary Russia. Sociological Studies in the Making of the Post-Soviet Citizen

The book written by Anna Sanina, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Economics National Research University in St. Petersburg, deserves high attention for two main reasons. First, because the sociological studies on patriotism in Russia are quite rare. And second, because such studies do not usually go beyond presenting the simplified picture of a Kremlin propaganda, which forces people to be patriots. Sanina’s book contributes to some studies that have already demonstrated that peop...