Russian language in the space of the Russian World: from status determination to the postulation of care

The focus of this article is on the problem of determining the status and role of the Russian language in the space of the Russian world. The author attempts to revise the fundamental approaches: ideological, cultural and linguistic-semiotic, which have been identified in domestic research on this issue over the past decades, and assess the relevance of the approaches today. The solution of this task requires, first of all, an analysis of the content of the concept of the "Russian World" in terms of its basic principles in order to fix the fundamental factors determining the identity of the cultural and civilizational community called the Russian World. Such an analysis in itself constitutes a problem area, since science has not developed a unified and clear approach to interpreting the content of the concept. This entails a whole range of problems.  The research methodology is based on theoretical analysis and synthesis, as well as generalization of analytical sources. The theoretical framework of the work is based on the thesis that Russia is the core of a special civilizational community. Russian language is a leading factor of identification in the process of development of the Russian world, from the moment of the origin of the phenomenon to the present, the author argues that the importance of the Russian language as a leading factor of identification in the process of development of the Russian world is gradually decreasing. The reasons for this kind of change should be sought not only in the fields of politics and economics, but also in the field of culture, both in the external circuit and in the internal one. The author believes that the process of transformation of the functional of the Russian language and the decrease in the importance of its role in identification processes has not only objective and legitimate reasons. Negative factors adversely affect the Russian language and create certain threats. In support of this position, theoretical arguments based on historical sources, the work of modern authors and the results of empirical research are presented.

Russian language, Russian world, civilization, identification, culture, politics, space-time, ontological, history, axiology