The phenomenon of paternalism in the political culture of Russia

The article examines the phenomenon of paternalism in the political culture of Russia, which has its own special form of influence on the arrangement of relations between the authorities and citizens. It lies in the fact that the power structures provide for the needs of their subjects, and in return for this, they provide government bodies to manage the state in their own interests. Many researchers find the roots of this model of communication between society and power in the traditional patriarchal culture that has developed in the centuries-old history of Russia. In general, the author concludes, that at present paternalistic sentiments are practically invisible, since paternalism has lost its systemic character in the process of socialization of modern society within the framework of the formation of democratic and legal principles expressed in the common consciousness of all citizens as representatives of the country's political culture.