The author of the article set the task to identify and characterize the main factors underlying global changes in media communications in the Russian Federation. Analysis of a large number of new sources of infor­mation allowed us to conclude that social networks have become the most important link in the infrastructure of the information space and one of the main tools of strategy and tactics for the destruction of Russia as a state and Russian civilization as a whole. Therefore, the scientific community and, most importantly, the political authorities face the most important prob­lem of countering the aggressive information and network expansion of the West.

In the article, the authors explore the problems of the influence of globalization on the development of national cultures. Globalization radi­cally changes communicative, economic, political, cultural and other ties and relations in society, affects the value-semantic continuum of human existence, assessments of the past and ideas about the future. Significant changes in many parameters of social reality indicate that a qualitatively new era is coming in the history of mankind.

The main engine of globalization is not only economic and geopolitical interests, but also the strengthening - based on the formation of a global media communication platform (Internet, social networks) - of interaction and interpenetration of the cultural worlds of various civilizations. political, socio-economic, so much cultural factor. The rapprochement and inter­penetration of nations and cultures is accompanied by attempts to level their national identity, frankly imposing on all peoples, primarily Russia, an Americanized version of mass culture as an attribute of the expansion of the West.

The article examines feature content of modern Russian TV, its origin and its impact on socio-cultural and value directions of modern Russian society.

The article shows the specificity of the national culture, which in modern conditions is subjected to unprecedented information and cultural expansion from the West. The scale and information-psychological technologies of influencing spiritual values, aesthetic tastes and cultural preferences of Russians of various social groups and ages are considered. The significance of cultural and information expansion for the national security of the country is revealed, the question is raised about the need to correct the state policy in the cultural and information sphere, in accordance with the national interests of Russia.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the state and trends in the development of the domestic theater in the conditions of modern Russia. The authors provide a socio-cultural analysis of organizational, economic, artistic and creative changes in theatrical art in market conditions. A socio-logical portrait of the theater audience is given. Special attention is paid to the socio-cultural consequences of the transformations of theatrical art.

The article presents the characteristics of the manor and park complex as an object of cultural and historical heritage. The problems of preservation of the most significant estate and park complexes of the Ryazan region are considered. The experience of preserving objects of cultural and historical heritage is analyzed. The ways and directions for updating the estate potential are outlined.

The article is devoted to the scientific understanding of the phenomenon of the Russian estate, that is, the role that it has performed and continues to perform in the historical and socio-cultural space of Russia, on the example of a separate Russian region.

Russian Russian manor's role in the Russian sociology of culture has been developed in a very fragmentary way, despite the fact that each estate individually represents a single socio-cultural complex that combines not only a building (more often a famous architect) and an old homestead park, but also the structure of the house of the Russian pre-revolutionary family, as well as the special spiritual world of bygone Russia, cultural values the lost past.Taken together, Russian estates act variably as "socio-cultural models" of the country's development, for the fate of each Russian estate reflects the history of the formation/transformation of Russia itself, its social structure and culture. The Russian estate acts for the sociologist in a sense as a Weber ideal type, accumulating the socio-cultural experience of the nation in the individual estate history.

Turning to the historical sociology of the estate, the author reveals both the past and present social role of the estate heritage in Russian culture on the example of the estates "Ivanovka" and "Aseev's House" of the Tambov region.

The article discusses the need to understand the cultural heritage of Russia and the revaluation of traditional landmarks of modern life. There is a unique socio-cultural space of Russia - a priceless heritage and a powerful uniting principle. The modern sociocultural gap between major cities, small cities and countryside, as well as the influence of hypersubanization on the development of small settlements is emphasized. Receives actualization of spirituality and culture of the person. The current reactionary and fascidating forces that use an ethnocultural factor as opposing cultural communication are noted.

The article examines the essence of the concept of cultural heritage, identifies its types and distinctive features. A brief typology of cultural heritage objects is given. The role of culture in the spiritual development of society is shown. The data of the analysis of the Urban Environment Quality Index are presented, in which separate indicators are highlighted: "concentration of cultural heritage objects" and "share of cultural heritage objects". The recommendations given for the heads of city administrations, set out in the Guidelines for Determining priority directions for the development of the urban environment in order to facilitate work with the index and the results of the evaluation of cultural indicators (paragraphs 22 and 28 of the Index), are considered. The assessment of such management practices and possible consequences of their application is given.

The article discusses the environmental context of the intangible cultural heritage. It is analyzed in three main aspects: systemic, normative and hermeneutic. Cultural diversity is considered as a constitutive characteristic of the cultural heritage of mankind, expansion of biodiversity, its projection on culture. It performs the same function for the conservation of socio-natural systems as biodiversity does for the maintenance of life on the planet. The normative foundation of traditional cultures is formed by the principles of attitude towards nature, which arose at the stage of ethnogenesis as responses to the challenges of the local environment. The specificity of environmental standards is demonstrated on the example of Mordovian ethnic culture. It is shown how these norms were refracted in a special way in various forms of intangible cultural heritage. It is concluded that the intangible cultural heritage of the Mordovian people, including the norms of attitude to the forest, the cultural spaces of sacred groves, woodcarving, musical polyphony, etc. requires careful study and protection, as well as consideration in the development of environmental measures.