IBN KHALDUN: INFLUENCE OF LIFE AND IDEAS ON POST-SOVIET UNION COUNTRIES

We can found great interest to Ibn Khaldun personality and legacy both in late Soviet Union period and during nation-building period after the collapse of the USSR. In the article are analyzed reasons for such interest, examples of use of his personality and ideas in different domains of social life, and applicability of his legacy to modern world problems. Ibn Khaldun’s legacy interpretation and ideas are important in the developing of statehood at the post-Soviet space.