As was the case with other federal states, Russia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was decentralized and devolved responsibility to regional governors. Contrary to the common highly centralized governance in Russia, this approach is thought to have helped insulate the government from criticism. Using local research and analysis based on a national representative survey carried out at the height of the pandemic during the summer of 2021, the article charts the public response to the pandemic across Russia. It examines the regionalization of the response, with an in-depth focus on two of the Russian cities with the highest infection rates but differing responses to the pandemic: St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk. There are two main findings: at one level, the diffusion of responsibility meant little distinction was made between the different levels of government by the population; at another level, approval of the pandemic measures was tied strongly to trust levels in central and regional government.

URL статьи: https://esj.today/PDF/32ECVN219.pdf Ссылка для цитирования этой статьи: Любова О.В. Формирование современной городской среды, имитация или реальность // Вестник Евразийской науки, 2019 №2, https://esj.today/PDF/32ECVN219.pdf (доступ свободный). Загл. с экрана. Яз. рус., англ.

Заседание Совета по межнациональным отношениям [Электронный ресурс] URL: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/55109, свободный (дата обращения: 05.06.2018). 2 Текст обращения Союза писателей Республики Татарстан к Президенту Российской Федерации В.В. Путину [Электронный ресурс]. URL: http://www.sptatar.ru/ index.php?option= com_k2&view=item&id=1788:%F2%E5%EA%F1%F2-%EE%E1%F0%E0%F9%E5%ED%E8%FF-%F1%EE%FE%E7%E0-%EF%E8%F1%E0%F2%E5%EB%E5%E9-%F0%E5%F1%EF%F3%E1%EB%E8%EA%E8-%F2%E0%F2%E0%F0%F1%F2%E0%ED-%EA-%EF%F0%E5%E7%E8%E4%E5%ED%F2%F3-%F0%EE%F1%F1%E8%E9%F1%EA%EE%E9-%F4%E5%E4%E5%F0%E0%F6%E8%E8-%E2-%E2-%EF%F3%F2%E8%ED%F3&Itemid=695&lang=ru, свободный (дата обращения: 05.06.2018).

The article identifies and analyzes the main narratives and discursive practices that form the concept of the Republic of Karelia. Based mainly on the method of discourse analysis of textual materials, the authors address historical, official, and everyday discourses. The article introduces a cross-disciplinary approach that allows combining the tools of historiographic, political and sociological analysis. The elements of continuity and novelty in the formation of the basic narrative of Karelian history are analyzed to identify specific features of the historical discourse. Official materials, as well as speeches by the leaders of the region during the celebration of the Day of the Republic in 2000-2020, became sources for the analysis of the official discourse. Everyday discourse is scrutinized through the analysis of a series of semi-structured interviews with residents of the republic. The study of the interaction of various narratives makes it possible to identify representation strategies of the region in the public space. The authors assert that there are several strategies for representing Karelia, the combination of which largely depends on the political context and the position of the official authorities.