The Future of Russia in the Political Worldview of Young People in the New Regions of the Russian Federation

The article reveals the problems of constructing ideas about the future among young citizens of new regions of Russia, the peculiarities of forming a view on the future development of society and the state, taking into account new geopolitical challenges and personal trajectories. The authors present the results of their own applied research aimed at identifying subjective ideas about the future and the system of factors influencing them. The theoretical basis of the research is a politicalpsychological approach that allows us to consider the mechanisms of designing the future, evaluate the system of political motivations, orientations and meanings in the system of strengthening the political subjectivity of citizens in the process of building the future; an identitarian approach that makes it possible to analyze the trajectories of the future through the formed belonging of individuals to a particular community; a constructivist model that explains the content of the process of building a picture of the future. The research methods were focus group interviews and a questionnaire survey with school, student and working youth from new regions. It is determined that a significant influence factor on building a picture of the future is the previous experience of young citizens, which is a well-established cognitive model that is currently undergoing changes under the influence of the process of resocialization. It is revealed that the future lies in the actual living space of young people in the short or medium term; a positive and stable view of the development of the state and regions of Russia, strengthening positions on the world stage in the future are semantic dominants for the formation of a common civil identity and the development of consolidating potential.