Methodology for Measuring Ethnocentrism Test - the question form

1. Solidarity and a sense of national self-preservation among the Russian people should be strengthened.

2. A citizen’s primary goal should be to preserve and strengthen our country’s unity, with priority given to reviving the culture and dignity of the Russian people.

3. The Russian people are a natural focal point for other peoples of Russia.

4. Russia’s future as a state depends on the Russian people restoring their material and spiritual strength and their national unity.

5. There is only one truly serious response to regional separatism: strengthening the unity and power of the Russian people in order to restore their role as a center of attraction.

6. No one has the right, while remaining a citizen of Russia, to regard it as a foreign country, as "this" country.

7. Russian culture is the historical foundation and cultural wealth of our country.

8. Today, the role of Russian culture in the historical spiritual process is being diminished, and its high humanistic principles are being distorted.

9. Today, the idea of the moral and spiritual decline of the Russian nation is not only being promoted, but attempts to create favorable conditions for it are also increasing.

10. Today, anti-Russian ideas that discredit our history and culture are widely promoted through films, television, and the press; the dignity of the Russian nation is openly demeaned, and Russian history and our people are ridiculed.

11. The destruction of Russian architectural heritage continues today. The restoration of monuments of Russian architecture is carried out extremely slowly and very often with deliberate distortion of their original appearance.

12. There should be a stronger focus on actively protecting Russian national culture; presenting its history accurately in the press, film, and television; highlighting its progressive character; and emphasizing its historical role in creating, strengthening, and developing the Russian state.

13. Today, efforts are needed to protect and further develop the great spiritual heritage of the Russian people, which is a major achievement of all humanity.

14. An increase in any nation’s national self-awareness has been viewed as a positive and progressive phenomenon. Similar developments in Russians’ national self-awareness are unequivocally regarded as sharply negative.

15. I believe that Russians are the most advanced and the most intelligent people overall.

16. I believe that a Russian person is someone who was born in Russia, lived there their whole life, and died there. They differ from others in that they do not need foreign land.

17. I believe that a Russian person is someone who was born in Russia and has a very open soul.

18. I believe that a Russian person is someone who lives in Russia and thinks like a Russian.

19. The main characteristic of a Russian person is a strong spirit and a generous heart.

20. A Russian person is the best kind of person—kind, intelligent, strong, does everything well; for this, all countries respect them; they are the most noble person.