Ideology and propaganda: semantic and content aspects of concepts

Aim. To study the semantic content of the concepts of "ideology" and “propaganda", the issues of their development and evolution in various historical eras.
Methodology. The authors examined the relationship between the concepts of “ideology” and “val- ues”, “propaganda” and “education”, studied the features of the use of these terms in the modern Russian political language. The principles of objectivity, scholarship and historicism were applied.
Results. The article analyzes in detail the legal and political meaning of the content of Art. 13 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. It was concluded that there is an ideological dominant in Russian society, based on a nationwide worldview consensus on the most important and significant issues of the country’s development. According to the authors, the terms “ideology” and “values”, “propaganda” and “enlightenment” reflect various aspects of inherently close social-political phe- nomena and are not antagonistic. At the same time, in terms of the effectiveness of the transfer of social practices, the use of the concepts of “ideology” and “propaganda” has advantages over other terminological options.
Research implications. The results obtained are applicable to the implementation of activities in the field of patriotic education of citizens of the Russian Federation.

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