Common sphere wasn’t part of intermediate sphere as distinct from national sphere. Latter was main sphere where intellectuals created public opinion. Only this social group had position that gave it an opportunity to generate and protect public opinion that was widely accepted by masses and known and sometimes considered by administrative elite. Cultural elite was involved into common and national spheres simultaneously. Discourses, had been essential to all people, could survive and function only in common sphere and only such discourses can be named as public ones. Cultural elite smuggled parts of anti-soviet and other officially not permitted discourses from national to common spheres in hidden forms (as subtext). That enabled integrity of national discourses, national sphere and existence of independent public opinion.

Cultural elite was the main producer of public opinion, as it was in XVIII c., when classical public opinion emerged. But cultural elite totally depended economically and socially from regime. Double mind was necessary to interlink absolutely different discourses (official and national, as they were opposite sometimes). This means, that there were differences not only in practice (“real feelings” of an intellectual) and mythology (official ideology, expressed in common sphere – mass media, official meetings etc.) of public opinion. There were two mythologies of public opinion. One was expressed in common sphere – it was designed for regime. Another was a faēade to heighten social status among national sphere’s participants (other intellectuals) and were ethnically centered, anti-soviet. Practice differed from both mythologies and was designed for material welfare mostly.