RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsRUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics2313-16832313-1705Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)7799Research ArticleCivic Patriotism as Basis for Axiological and Motivational Activity of Personality Involved in Innovative ActivityMikhailovaO BChair of Social and Differential Psychologyolga00241@yandex.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia150320133142108092016Copyright © 2016, Psychology and Pedagogics2016The development of the innovative activity in a personality is impossible without the goals, values and motives of self-fulfillment. This article provides a theoretical analysis and substantiation of the social and psychological role of civic patriotism for the development of the axiological and motivational activity in a personality. It also defines the basic trends of the development of civic patriotism in the contemporary higher education.patriotismcivic consciousnesscivic identityaxiological and motivational activityinnovative activityпатриотизмгражданственностьгражданская идентичностьмотивационно-ценностная активностьинновационная деятельность