The Image of the Hero of Russia as a Basis of Cultural and National Identity in a Globalizing World
The abstract descriptive image of the contemporary hero of Russia through the perception of Russian and Chinese students was obtained due to statistical analysis of the original characteristics provided by the respondents (updated method of «20 answers test» by T. Kun). It was revealed that the image of the hero of Russia as an important characteristic of Russian mentality through the perception of Russian students is rather differentiated and mobile. Such qualities as «strong» and «clever» are the invariant significant characteristics of the image. Chinese students as the representatives of the Eastern mentality put such ethical category of the image of the hero of Russia as «kind» on the first place.