Describe Russians’ cultural models of politics and political values. How have the set of behaviors, informal rules, and other elements of culture that Russians’ have experienced and reside in shaped their conceptions of how politics functions and what their role in their group or society ought to be? Describe how some Russians’ tend to remember their history as a people and explain how this shapes their views on recent and current politics and life events.

Your writing should begin with an overview of your opinion and summary of data supporting it and rely on evidence from this week’s readings and any other pertinent course materials from this week, stated in a clear and organized manner. The writing should be approximately the equivalent of one page double-spaced with citations of our relevant sources to provide evidence for your argument.