patriotic education

The research focuses on the analysis of communicative and program-oriented approaches in the fi eld of patriotic education and their practical implementation at the regional level. The purpose of this study is to determine the features and significance of patriotic education in the Nizhny Novgorod region. As part of the work, key parameters of the activities of public authorities at various levels aimed at supporting and developing patriotism both in the Russian Federation as a whole and in a particular region were identifi ed.

Article analyzes tendency of the return of post-Soviet mass consciousness to the idea of patriotic education of citizens as a technology that provides a pre-planned result. An explanation is offeredof the reasonswhy attempts by state and public institutions to follow this idea in their public activities often lead to an unplanned result, to the spread of nationalistic sentiments in civil society.