Pedagogical possibilities of the university cultural environment in the development of Russian civic identity of students

The research actualized the problem of finding new ways to develop Russian civic identity of students using the pedagogical capabilities of the university cultural environment. The analysis of the main regulatory documents determining the priority of the development of Russian civil identity of students in the higher education system is presented. The author’s interpretation of the concepts «university cultural environment» and «Russian civic identity of university students» is given, their main substantive characteristics are reflected. The main provisions defining the classification of the pedagogical capabilities of the university cultural environment in the development of Russian civic identity of young people are described. In the proposed classification, the deontological pedagogical possibilities of the university cultural environment set guidelines for searching and finding by students the personal meanings of preserving the Russian cultural dominance with an ideological support for strengthening national unity based on the unifying role of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values. The informational pedagogical capabilities of the university cultural environment determine the expansion of ideas about the development of attitudes towards the identification of young people with the community of citizens of our country, as well as the launch of mechanisms to counter the destructive influences of social networks that implant worldview attitudes alien to us within the framework of distorted information and propaganda strategies. The stabilizing pedagogical possibilities of the cultural environment of the university ensure the enrichment of the experience of creative civic action and the finding by students of the variable spheres of self-realization and self-affirmation, initiating civil expression in the exercise of civil rights and obligations, with meaningful involvement in participation in the socio-political life of the country, taking into account the trends of the past - the present and future development of Russian society, enhancing skills for timely and effective response to new challenges and threats, preserving, strengthening and continuously raising its own level of Russian civic identity.