The article presents the results of the Identity Resilience Index (IRI) technique adaptation in Russian-speaking sample (N = 175) in 2023. IRI measures the degree of identity resilience as a cumulative assessment of the respondent’s self-esteem, self-efficacy, continuity and uniqueness. Factor analysis made it possible to clarify the internal IRI structure: 4 scales were identified. Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for all scales range from 0,915 to 0,883, which indicates good internal consistency. Internal and external validation checks were carried out. IRI scales demonstrated many positive and negative correlations with the scales of other techniques. The Russian version of the Identity Resilience Index can become a reliable and valid tool for determining the level of person’s identity resilience.

It is noted that from the cybernetic point of view, the historical conditionality of education is a consequence and manifestation of the systemic integrity of the Humankind, determined by its deep structure — cybernetic mechanisms of autonomy (hierarchical adaptive search optimization of target criteria of an energetic nature). Using the informatics-cybernetic approach proposed by the author, the main stages of the formation in the history of the cognitive areas of education are listed, which coincide with the stages of the emergence of new information and production technologies, as well as the expansion of the range of spatial characteristics of the macro- and microworld mastered by the subjects. It is pointed out that the “operatively long-range” information technology of telecommunications, which has arisen recently and takes leading position today, radically changes the entire structure and content of education on the planet — in something positive, and in something negative.

Based on the informatics-cybernetic approach proposed by the author, the main historical stages in the formation of typical areas of communication, coinciding with the stages in the emergence of new information technologies, are presented. It is indicated that the information technology of telecommunications that emerged historically “yesterday” and is leading today “operationally long-range” information technology of telecommunications radically changes the entire structure and content of communication on the planet — in some ways positive, and in some ways negative for a person.