The article presents a detailed review and analysis of such a problem as the collapse of a federal state, using the example of Yugoslavia.

At the beginning of the article, a historical background is presented, which allows us to form a complete picture of the interaction of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes before unification into a federal state. The prerequisites for future conflicts, primarily related to religious and national issues, are clearly shown.

The following describes the figure of Josip Brose (Tito), who acted as the first centralizer of power and, in fact, the founding father of the state of Yugoslavia. From his biography, we learn more about the personality and character of a person, thereby forming a true image of a fairly intelligent politician and a talented speaker.

After that, the article contains a block with consideration of the economic issue, which highlights in detail the financial situation of both individual subjects and the entire state as a whole. The next section is devoted to the national issue, which became especially acute between Croats and Serbs, and subsequently led to major armed conflicts. The final segment is an analysis of the influence of Europe and propaganda on the situation in Yugoslavia. The development of mutual hostility of peoples towards each other put an end to the existence of the federation.

At the end of the article, the summarized prerequisites and reasons for the collapse of the federation are presented, as well as their analysis, which allows us to form a complete picture of the possible motives for subsequent conflicts between the subjects. In addition, the author's diagram of the stages of the collapse of a federal state is presented at the end, which makes it possible to structure this process.

In general, the article provides an extensive overview of conflicts in religious, historical, economic, domestic and foreign policy issues, as a result of which the subjects of the federation were separated from each other, losing a single state.

In the article, the authors consider the features of leadership in the student project information and corporate environment of the university. The authors highlight the stages of development of the information and corporate environment of the university. In addition, the authors describe early "concepts of leadership" in the context of the analysis of personal and behavioral characteristics, where attention is focused only on the personal qualities of the leader and patterns of his behavior. The article analyzes the main factors influencing the emergence of leaders among students.

For a decade now, the West has been practicing sanctions policy towards Russia. Restrictive measures are aimed at various areas of activity, respectively, this affects Russian society. In this regard, the purpose of the article was to study the impact of sanctions on the youth of the Penza region. The empirical basis of the study was a questionnaire survey of students (n=326) and focus groups with working youth, as well as data from all-Russian studies conducted by VTsIOM, FOM, Levada Center (recognized as a foreign agent). As a result of the analysis, it was revealed that the imposed sanctions cause concern among young people, because they feel their consequences to varying degrees.

The article attempts to consider not only those methods and techniques for studying public opinion about the activities of the police, which have been used in russian sociology over the past ten years, but also the experience of foreign researchers that could be applied in studies of Russian reality. Perspective methods of collecting primary sociological information are considered - public opinion about the activities of the police, taking into account modern communication and technological capabilities.

The article is a analysis and first-order synthesis of empirical material from the pedagogical practice of domestic higher education, presented as an attempt at constructive aggregation and articulation of theoretically based experience in planning, constructing and implementing the course on the Fundamentals of Russian Statehood, using the example of the section of the fourth complex of Russian DNA «Political structure of Russia».

The article examines the key aspects of the worldview of future engineers and their role in the educational process. It is shown that worldview attitudes in the context of rapid technological progress and global changes in the field of science and technology are important in professional development. It is concluded that such attitudes are formed in the process of education and practical training at the university and have a significant impact on the future career of specialists and the ability to adapt to changing.

An important stimulus for the development of society is the image of the future. The maintenance of the necessary stability in society and the preservation of its integrity depend on ideas about the future. In recent years, some changes have been observed in the ideas of Russians about the future, given that their consciousness and life are subject to serious tests. These changes require the activation of theoretical and practical research of public opinion about the future in connection with the process of forming a common civil identity. This is the goal of this article, which continues the author's study of modern ideas about the future in the context of the current situation. The methods used in the study also include secondary analysis of the results of surveys of Russian sociological centers, such as Russian Public Opinion Research Center, etc.

In the tense conditions associated with the continuation of hostilities in Ukraine, partial mobilization and increasing tension in relations with the collective West, one of the urgent problems is the attitude of the younger generation to a Special Military Operation, as this is the future foundation of our country.

After the start of its operation, the Ukrainian special services intensified information stuffing, the West systematically heated up the situation and scaled the wave of fakes. Due to the lack of information hygiene, young Russians received unreliable and dangerous information that contributed to the split of the country and the growth of a wave of dissatisfaction with the actions of the authorities.

As part of the study of the level of awareness about the course and goals of the SVO of modern youth, the authors conducted sociological studies aimed at analyzing the dynamics of attitudes towards conducting a special military operation, the level of patriotism and their forecasts regarding its completion.

According to the results of the author's sociological analysis, it was determined that Russian youth began to understand that a special operation in Ukraine was a necessary step, and more and more young people in the country began to trust the decisions of the authorities. During the anti-Russian events, the youth's idea of a safe world was destroyed and now they understand that Russia is opposed not by Ukraine, but by the entire collective West. Today, Russian youth perceive the actions of foreign politicians and cultural figures as a threat to national and cultural identity and consolidation of Russian society.

Modern conditions in the international arena bring to forefront issues concerning foreign policy of various countries, including the Russian foreign policy. Russian current foreign policy course is aimed at protecting its national interests, which is associated with radical change in its vector in the context of international tensions and attempts by unfriendly countries to undermine its geopolitical positions. At the same time, future country development depends on how competently the foreign policy of the Russian Federation is implemented and how consolidated the Russian society supports it. The purpose of the article is to analyze attitude of youth to current foreign policy of Russia. The empirical basis of the study was formed by materials of author's sociological research conducted among youth in Russian regions in 2023-2024 and data of all-Russian research centers.