On peculiarities in civic awareness of students in megapolis and periphery: a comparative approach

Daria S. Savchenko

English Instructor,

St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance

E-mail: dar.academia@gmail.com

On the basis of empirical approach, presented is a comparative research in some peculiarities of civic awareness of students in megapolis, i.e. the city of St. Petersburg, and Russian periphery in Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kostroma and Yaroslavl regions. There are, concludes the author, different models of civic awareness among students as to megapolis city and small regional periphery ctntres.

Key words: civic awareness of the young, citizenship, students in megapolis and periphery, sociological research

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