Keyword: «historical consciousness»

The article provides a comparative analysis of the knowledge of students of various universities about the Great Patriotic War.

The article discusses the features of patriotic education of cadets of a military university, shows the legislative basis for patriotic work in the Russian Federation, defines the pedagogical and methodological aspects of work in this direction, shows the optimal conditions for its implementation, and generalizes the forms of patriotic education.

In article analyzes the specifics of the educational environment of a military university, defines the specifics of teaching humanitarian, social and linguistic courses in the educational environment of a mili-tary university, demonstrates the main methods of using the potential of the humanities in the process of educating military personnel as professionals with a conscious active civic position and a formed cultural identity.

The article assesses the potential for using military scientific work of cadets in the process of becoming military specialists. The authors show the features of organizing scientific work at a Russian military university, consider the main methods of working with military personnel, analyze the predicted results of involving cadets in military scientific work.