THE STALIN MYTH IN THE RELIGIOUS AND PARA-RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE: THE PROBLEM OF MODALITIES
The aim of this article is to identify the modality typologies of different forms of the Stalin myth. The author defines the myth of Stalin as a kind of narrative that presumes religious or quasi-religious interpretation of Stalin's real or imaginary actions. The research method used to identify the modalities is based on the contextual analysis of the narrator's attitude to the information that forms the content of the mythological discourse. Our analysis of the Stalin myth's modality leads us to the conclusion that the interpretation of the mythologems in the discourses of myth often has a socio-religious orientation, and the Stalin myth itself includes some elements of the Russian imperial myth, which makes it attractive for the supporters of the imperial ideological discourse.