The article considers the main categories, which we include in the concept of “Russian nation code”: ethnogenesis of slavs, Russian language, Russian culture, orthodoxy, patriotism. Speaking about each of these categories, the authors conclude that “Russian nation code” is multifaceted phenomenon and is only reviving each element can come to the formation of a strong Russian state. Assessing the role of each element “Russian nation code”, the authors conclude on the need for the Russian Federation, Federal Law “On the patriotic education” that would form a solid basis deontological component of the country's citizens, determining the prospects of its further development. Important components that determine the vector of development of the Russian people, is its language, culture and history, general analysis which allows to conclude that there is a direct succession generations of Russian people. Analyzing оrthodoxy, the authors come to a conclusion about the dominant role of the state religion in the development of national self-determination of the Russian people, paying attention to the fact that, historically, in line with the development of certain types of social relations, the оrthodox clergy took part in the formation of traditional public relations and had an impact on the specificity of the relationship of the people the country to the people, endowed with powers.
