Keyword: «patriotism»

The author considers the conditions, providing the formation of preschool children's ideas of the native state.

In the article the term “future teacher’s patriotism” is under discussion. Specific character of future teacher’s upbringing is analyzed. Functions and structural components of the term “future teacher’s patriotism” are identified. The model of upbringing of future teacher’s patriotism is proved. Stages of experimental work for future teacher’s patriotism in Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University during English lessons are described.

The article is devoted to reflecting events of the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 on the pages of "Vladivostokskie Eparkhialnie Vedomosty". Generalization of the material, reveals common assessments and images, which allows to specify the attitude of Russian society to the Russian-Japanese War.

The verbal representation of the patriotic idea in the Russian ethics and mentality is considered, the general correspondence between semantic features of one’s own country and the nation is shown, the difference between the “civil country” and the “ethnic country” is established.

The authors analyze the concepts «citizen» and «civic consciousness» in the environment of modern youth, the reasons of civil activity decrease among school and university students. The authors suggest thee actions, directed on increase the level of civil activity.