Problem of political culture in cultural and humanitarian knowledge and an education system

In the article, in the context of the analysis of the specifics of Russian political culture, its role and place in the system of cultural and humanitarian knowledge and the implementation of the educa tional process is noted. By defining political culture as an integral part of culture as a whole, the authors focused on those traditional spiritual values that provide both the process of continuity and the imparting of new features to the political culture in conditions of democratic transformations, the formation and development of civil society. The role of political culture in the formation of citizenship of the individual and its cultural and intellectual development is underlined. The special importance of the education system is noted that has an effective complex of humanizing the individual in the education of civic responsibility, patriotism, first of all, of the younger generation, its involvement in creative activities for the benefit of society.