Promotion of education in Russian as a humanitarian practice of forming the image of the Russian world

The article explores the role of promoting education in Russian in the context of the formation of an adequate image of the Russian world on the world stage. Education in Russian, being one of the important components of the Russian world, bears in itself not only special knowledge and techniques, but also special values and a system of views which shows the essence of the Russian world. In this connection, education in Russian becomes an important instrument of the soft power of the Russian Federation and makes a significant element of the formation of an adequate image of the Russian world. The article considers the actual state policy on promoting education in Russian, its principles, characteristics and conclusions about its completeness and possible ways of it's development.