Rotmistrova O.V. 1
1 Saint-Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences
In this article the inclusion of the notion “cultural and geographical image of a country” into the conceptual apparatus of linguo-cultural science and into the process of teaching humanitarian disciplines is offered; the substantial spheres (revealed from the materials of texts and experiments) which participate in the formation of the cultural and geographical image of Russia are described; a methodology of linguo-cultural competence formation among students of humanitarian disciplines which is based on the substantial model of the cultural and geographical image of Russia is introduced, the approbation results of this methodology are also provided. Representations of the geographical space of the country, make up a significant piece of the national picture of the world, form its complex cultural and geographical image (KGOR), who, as a source of essential knowledge about the culture of the target language must be included as an essential component in the range of the most important components of language education.