Patriotic Project Research Articles

Активная историческая память в рамках патриотического воспитания студенческой молодежи

The author of the article notes the relevance of the process of educating young people in modern higher education. In conditions of information oversaturation, student youth do not always correctly perceive the events of historical history. The author of the article defines active historical memory as the foundation of patriotic education. In connection with the announcement of the year 2024 - the year of the family, the article analyzes the importance of family values, family traditions for young people. The goal presented in the article, the patriotic project “I bow to women’s hands to the ground” was achieved thanks to the unity of memory of family traditions and memory of the history of the hometown.

Повышение эффективности государственной политики в сфере кинематографа с помощью машинного обучения

A study was conducted on the distribution data of a range of Russian national films from 2004 to September 2023 using machine learning methods, with successful and unsuccessful films and patriotic projects considered separately. The study utilized the ensemble machine learning model HistGradientBoostingClassifier and a sequential fully connected three-layer neural network based on the TensorFlow library, along with basic methods of natural language processing. It was found that patriotic films exhibit distribution characteristics lower than the market average and significantly lag behind successful Russian cinema projects at the box office. The study demonstrated the possibility of accurately predicting film box office receipts, distribution characteristics, as well as selecting project parameters and the composition of its creative team to enhance distribution results and increase the reach of target audiences. The study also illustrated the use of language models, specifically through film annotations, to create effective film content. A conclusion was drawn regarding the need for a set of measures to implement state policy in the field of education, information technology, culture, and art, focusing on the creation of unified media franchises and umbrella brands encompassing films, TV series, computer and online games, music, and other products. The implementation of the research results will enhance the effectiveness of public policy and the return on public and private- public investments in the creative industries sector, positioning cinema and the creative industry as self-sustaining and income-generating sectors of the economy. Leveraging rental data from other markets will facilitate the creation of content with higher demand globally, serving as a soft power and cultural influence tool. The results of the study can aid in project selection and film project development by the Russian Cinema Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, private Russian investors and film studios, as well as authorities and organizations responsible for distributing Russian film content abroad.

The Theme of Historical Memory in the Discourse and Practice of Parliamentary Parties in Russia: Federal and Regional Levels

Introduction. An integral part of the general historical memory of Russia as the state-successor of the Soviet Union is the memory about the Soviet past. In the light of the intensification of attempts by the influential international actors to falsify and revise the modern history, the creation of its integral picture, equivalent and non-controversial for the authorities and society, is of particular relevance. The purpose of the study is to determine the specifics of the representation of the topic of historical memory by the parliamentary parties of the Russian Federation at the present stage. Materials and Methods. The key research methods are comparative, synchronous analysis, traditional and discourse analysis of documents. The most important materials are normative legal acts and conceptual and strategic documents of the Russian Federation, program documents of parliamentary parties of Russia, information posted on their official websites, as well as in the System of Legislative Support. Totally they made it possible to verify the principled positions and probable directions of the formation of the state policy of the memory of Russia, taking into account the need to implement the continuity of the national statehood. Results. Similar and distinctive features in the interpretation of the Soviet past in the party discourse, semantic images and plots are revealed. The main initiatives and actions of the Russian parliamentary parties and their regional branches in the Republic of Mordovia for the preservation of historical memory are characterized; their participation in the development and implementation of historical and patriotic projects is shown. The party practices are emphasized in the plane of protecting the historical truth about the Great Patriotic War and the feat of the Soviet people. The predominant activity of the “old” parliamentary parties in the area under consideration has been found. Discussion and Conclusion. The conducted research has demonstrated the ambiguity of the status of parliamentary parties as mnemonic actors and articulates significant gaps in the interpretation and promotion of positively filled memorial narratives in relation to the Soviet past. Its results can be useful to public authorities and public associations of various levels, contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate decisions and strategies for political positioning, strategic national priorities of the Russian Federation.

Transforming an Orthodox Parish: from Catechesis to Patriotism (the Case of the Intercession Commune in Perm)

The article investigates the strategies of adapting to the changing social environment of city-based religious communities on the example of the case of the Intercession Commune (Pokrovskaya obitel’) in Perm. The community of believers led by activists developed as an Orthodox institution and subsequently evolved into a closed group with elements of mysticism and esotericism under the leadership of a charismatic female leader. The logic of the changes that have taken place is described through an analysis of interviews with former believers, private correspondence, and is performed using elements of the biographical method, materials from a closed group on a social network, records of classes conducted by the leader of the monastery, and photographs. The Intercession Commune as a community successfully evolves and adapts to the changing environment in response to the lawsuits filed against it. As a defensive strategy, community members chose active participation in patriotic projects, applying for grants issued by the local administration, and active appeal to Russian cultural traditions. Emphasis was placed on military education, which led to the creation of a special training center named after a former foreign intelligence officer. An additional way of legitimizing the community in the social space was participation in all-Russian patriotic actions (Immortal Regiment). All the above mentioned indicates a special mimicry of the group to appear as loyal to society, since it contradicts the ideas of withdrawal from social life, broadcast by the leader during internal seminars in the community. The chosen defensive strategy of the Intercession Commune allows us to say that religious associations that are not affiliated with official religious organizations are open to the active use of non-religious ways to assert themselves in society.

ВЛИЯНИЕ УЧАСТИЯ В ПАТРИОТИЧЕСКИХ ПРОЕКТАХ НА ПРОЦЕСС ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ПАТРИОТИЗМА В МОЛОДЕЖНОЙ СРЕДЕ

Recently, more researchers have been talking about the importance of civil-patriotic practices in the formation of patriotism in the youth environment. The article explores the patriotic self-identification of high school students in the Siberian Federal District. The authors analyze the degree of their awareness and the nature of inclusion in the activities of patriotic organizations and projects. The mass survey of high school youth of the Siberian Federal District made it possible to determine the low patriotic identification of schoolchildren, as well as the weak inclusion in patriotic projects implementation. At the same time it was possible to record a tendency that as respondents grow older, the number of identifying themselves as patriots increases. Students have insufficient information about the implementation of patriotic projects. Less than half of them have ever participated in patriotic actions and events. School youth of the Siberian Federal District, like most young people of modern Russia, prefer short-term participation in patriotic events, such as visiting museums and patriotic exhibitions. The trend of increasing schoolchildren’s patriotic self-identification was recorded as the inclusion of patriotic projects increased. Also, among schoolchildren who have identified themselves to varying degrees as patriots, patriotic activity is increasing. Thus, there is a correlation between personal experience and the nature of patriotic identification. Consequently, it is necessary to consolidate the efforts of actors engaged in patriotic education in order to increase the positive experience of youth participation in patriotic projects. A condition that increases the positive perception of this activity may be its compliance with the values of modern youth and the organization of communication within the usual communicative practices for this social group.

СИСТЕМА ПАТРИОТИЧЕСКОГО ВОСПИТАНИЯ МОЛОДЕЖИ В ТОМСКОЙ И ОМСКОЙ ОБЛАСТЯХ: ОРГАНИЗАЦИОННО-ФУНКЦИОНАЛЬНЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ

The article concentrates on the study of the current state of the regional systems of patriotic education in Omsk and Tomsk Regions. Based on the data of a mass survey of senior schoolchildren and information about patriotic education carried out in the regions, the article assesses both the degree of youth involvement in patriotic projects and the effectiveness of various approaches to patriotism shaping. The analysis of the existing structure of subjects of patriotic education and regional patriotic event and project contents has allowed us both to conclude that military training and patriotic education, as well as other militarized educational approaches dominate in the regions, and to highlight the trend of centralizing the system of patriotic education and predominance of federal organizations influence on educational institutions.

Factors affecting activities to prevent and suppress ethnic conflicts in the Russian Federation

The article analyses the activities to prevent and suppress ethnic conflicts, activities that form a major component of the national security system of the Russian Federation against extremist, including terrorist, threats. The article examines the features and the degree of influence of the main factors on the activities of state structures, religious organisations, public associations for the prevention and suppression of interethnic conflicts. The survey of twenty experts who are highly qualified specialists in the field of countering ethno-extremism conducted by the author using the methods of questionnaires and in-depth interviews, as well as the results of mass sociological studies and analysis of scientific works and media publications on the topic of the research allowed to determine the degree of influence of the main factors on the ethno-conflict sphere. It was revealed as a result of the research, that the Russian Orthodox Church, traditional Muslim organisations and public law enforcement organisations, primarily Cossack organisations and voluntary people's guards, have the most positive influence on activities to prevent and suppress ethnic conflicts. The factor of "spreading the ideology of the" Russian world "" in the context of aggravated relations with Western countries has practically no effect on anti-conflict activities in the ethno-national sphere. Attempts to support foreign followers of the Russian patriotic project evoke nothing more but Russophobic reaction from the political elites in a number of foreign states. Such factors as “deficiencies in educational and upbringing activities”, as well as “pandemic”, have a negative impact on the activities aimed at preventing and suppressing ethnic conflicts in Russia. The worst influence on the prevention and suppression of ethnic conflicts, according to the experts interviewed, have “activities of elites in national formations”, “migration policy”, as well as “development of Internet communications and social networks”. The author proves that taking into account the peculiarities and degree of influence of the main factors on activities to prevent and suppress ethnic conflicts will not only allow the authorities to ensure the protection of the Russian society from ethno-national threats but also to more effectively solve important tasks of strengthening the all-Russian self-awareness and spiritual community of the Russian nation, harmonising ethno-national relations and state-civil consolidation in the Russian Federation.

ГРАЖДАНСКО-ПАТРИОТИЧЕСКИЕ ПРОЕКТЫ ПСКОВСКОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА КАК ИНСТРУМЕНТ ПРОТИВОДЕЙСТВИЯ ФАЛЬСИФИКАЦИИ ИСТОРИИ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ (Civil-Patriotic Projects of the Pskov State University as a Tool for Countering the Falsification of the History of the Great Patriotic War)

Russian Abstract: В представленной статье рассматриваются и анализируются особенности использования Псковским государственным университетом (г. Псков, Россия) патриотических проектов (инициатив) в качестве инструмента противодействия фальсификации истории Великой Отечественной войны (1941–1945 гг.). В работе основное внимание уделено таким проектам, как «Малая Родина в зеркале устной истории о Великой Отечественной войне», «Онлайн-музей “Псковская деревня в годы Великой Отечественной войны”» и «Музей Победы Псковского государственного университета». В заключение делается вывод о том, что проведение воспитательной работы с молодежью по поддержанию патриотических чувств в настоящее время требует преодоления стереотипов и выработки нестандартных подходов в деятельности по сохранению исторической памяти. English Abstract: This article examines and analyzes the features of the use of patriotic projects (initiatives) by the Pskov State University (Pskov, Russia) as a tool to counter the falsification of the history of the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945). The work focuses on such projects as «Small Motherland in the Mirror of Oral History of the Great Patriotic War», «Online Museum “The Pskov Village during the Great Patriotic War”» and «The Victory Museum of Pskov State University». In conclusion, it is concluded that carrying out educational work with young people to maintain patriotic feelings currently requires overcoming stereotypes and developing non-standard approaches in activities to preserve historical memory.

Regional Patriotic Project in the Conditions of “New Normality”: from Idea to Implementation

The article deals with the problems of implementing the ideas of patriotic upbringing. The author analyzes the implementation of the tasks of patriotic upbringing in the conditions of “new normality” in 2020. It is emphasized that in the situation of accelerated transition to distance learning and the use of online platforms, upbringing issues were not among the priorities, which revealed a contradiction between the tasks that Russian education sets for itself and practice. The article identifies three types of educational tasks: the tasks of forming educational content; tasks of involving children and young people in active intellectual, creative, socially active patriotic activities; tasks of preparing parents and teachers to implement the ideas of patriotic upbringing. It is considered how these tasks are implemented in projects of patriotic orientation. As an example, the regional patriotic project implemented in the Sverdlovsk region is considered. The conclusion is made about the prospects of patriotic upbringing in modern conditions.

ISRAEL’S NON-MILITARY STRATEGY IN THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: ARCHAEOLOGY AS ISRAEL’S NATIONAL INSTRUMENT IN JERUSALEM/BAITUL MAQDIS (1948-2018)

This article analyses how archaeology has been an instrument for Israel to claim sovereignty over Jerusalem. Since 1967 archaeology has been a national instrument for Israel to achieve legitimacy over the Land of Palestine. In Israel, archaeology is treated as a national and patriotic project. Nationalistic archaeologists have been playing an important role to assist Israel to achieve its national interest. Archaeological excavations have been gradually establishing the Jewish identity in this holy land vis-à-vis Palestinian/Arabic/Islamic identity. “Judaizing policy”, taking place vigorously in Jerusalem especially in the Holy Basin with the help of settler organizations. Palestinians rise against Israeli ambition through counter archaeological activities to safeguard their historical heritages. Israelis perceive Palestinians’ activities as detrimental to Israel’s survival as a Jewish state in the holy land. This phenomena shapes the “Clash of Civilizations” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One of the area affected by such clash is the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif (TMH) and the Holy Basin. Israel wages non-military battle since 1967 to claim sovereignty over whole Palestine. Using archaeology as an instrument in the territorial policy is a smart strategy. Israel’s smart strategy of utilizing archaeology is suitable in the historical sites where the use of force can jeopardize Israel’s national interest.

PROJECT DIALITY AS INNOVATIONA TECHNOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL-PATRIOTIC HOLIDAY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG

The article analyzes the project activity as an innovative technology of national-patriotic education among children and youth. Peculiarities of project activity implementation as an effective means of realization of tasks of national-patriotic education and to determine optimal types and forms of project activity in the conditions of children's recreation are revealed. It is determined that the project technology is considered as a set of educational and cognitive techniques, the application of which allows children to apply the acquired knowledge, skills and abilities in practice. The project technology is based on independent research, cognitive and productive activities of children, which is recognized as a priority in terms of reformatting education in accordance with the competence approach. In the process of preparation and implementation of patriotic projects, children become self-aware of the importance of this direction and their own involvement in building the future of the country. Competitions of projects that promote active citizenship lead to rethinking children's own behaviour and individual actions, analysis of their life position and awareness of their own responsibility for the results of their activities. The main thing is formation and affirmation of generally accepted values of national-patriotic education namely respect for the cultural and historical past of Ukraine; love for the native land, state, family, people; honouring the national memory; ability to cultural dialogue between representatives of ethnic groups of Ukraine – is currently an imperative of the educational process.

Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of The Great Gatsby

Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of <i>The Great Gatsby</i>

The preparation to celebrating the 75th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 in the Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry

The article deals with analyzing practical experience of Department for Youth Innovative Programs Development and Career Guidance of the Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry in terms of breeding patriotic feelings among the youth as an axiological task in training future specialists in international relations. The author elaborates on key patterns of breeding patriotism. Special attention was paid to preserving historical memory and popularizing of Russian diplomatic service heritage and to interaction between different governmental institutions in the patriotic sphere. The author underlines the importance of developing new patriotic projects in the framework of modern digital environment in order to prevent falsification of history.

The Value System and Ideological Attitudes of the Youth as a Basis for Countering Radical and Extremist Sentiments in the Students’ Environment

Today, the problem of extremism and radicalism in society becomes increasingly relevant. The practice shows that toughening of the system of punishments does not lead to a decrease in the level of extremist crimes. In the article, in order to counteract radical and extremist sentiments in the student environment, the author offers implementation of the value system and ideological attitudes of youth, which have a direct impact on the perception by youth people of the surrounding reality. The study showed how important is the existence of the unifying idea and the need for a youth’s involvement in any community. Young people who share patriotic sentiments go through a process of social identification, which consists of the awareness that their own well-being and the well-being of the group are linked. Moreover, the confidence of young people in the future, and awareness of their future affects the perception of political reality and the activities of the country leaders. In the context of the above, the author concluded it is important for the state to work on the formation and promotion of patriotic projects among students because various extremist ideologies and trends are more actively manifested in the conditions of the ideological vacuum.

Na przekór przełomowi nowoczesnemu. O projekcie patriotycznym Vilhelma Andersena

The article presents the patriotic project of Vilhem Andersen, one of George Brandes’s opponents and critics of the modern breakthrough. Andersen’s main medium were literary biographies, which he had the ambition to use to influence his contemporaries, promoting romantic national literature and identifying the national characteristics of the Danes. The reflections focus on the most important and most popular biography of the author entitled Poul Møller. Hans Liv og Skrifter (1894), which is the most emphatic manifestation of Andersen’s mission.

Патриотизм: социально-философский подход

&lt;p&gt;Несмотря на то что в России активно используется патриотическая риторика, а на официальном уровне осуществляются программы по патриотическому воспитанию молодежи, у граждан нет четкого понимания, какой именно патриотизм им предлагается. Отечественные ученые либо точно так же настаивают на необходимости патриотического воспитания, либо обращаются к проблеме с точки зрения прикладной социологии. Автор обсуждает многогранные теоретические аспекты патриотизма, рассматривая, в каких дискурсивных контекстах про патриотизм спорят современные социальные философы и политические теоретики, выделяет несколько моделей «патриотического проекта», отстаиваемых социальными философами, несмотря на критику и осуждение патриотической идеи.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;На примере российских реалий автор соотносит отечественную патриотическую риторику с теми выводами, к которым уже пришли мыслители и ученые на Западе. Вместо того чтобы делать акцент в патриотическом воспитании на конструировании внешних врагов и на милитаризации, официальная пропаганда может позаимствовать отстаиваемые «конституционным патриотизмом» принципы — любовь не просто к стране, но уважение к закону, к сложившимся демократическим институтам, желание поучаствовать в формировании гражданского общества и т. д. Настоящее исследование — не столько попытка восполнить этот пробел, сколько намерение перевести научную дискуссию на новый, теоретический уровень.&lt;/p&gt;

ДЖОЗЕФ ГАЛЛОВЭЙ: ПУТЬ ИЗ ПАТРИОТОВ В ЛОЯЛИСТЫ

We study the life path and social and political activity of Joseph Galloway – one of the most outstanding members of loyalist party during the American War of Independence in the North America. The history of loyalist movement remains one of the most controversial subjects of historical research. Over past decades, the most prominent historians have not deduced the amount, social compound and motivation of loyalists. Among “anti-heroes” of American Revolution J. Galloway traditionally attracts attention of many liberal and conservative historians. We examine the origins of outlook of the leader of loyalists in Pennsylvania, study J. Galloway’s views on political reforms in a proprietary colony and discusse the concept of Plan, proposed by him during the 1st Continental Congress in September 1774. We conclude that J. Galloway’s patriotic project – vital during Stamp Act repelling movement – became outdated at the beginning of the American War of Independence. Due to the influence of “New Colonial Politics” of G. Grenville and C. Townshend, absence of much needed political reforms and the cruelty of the British soldiers congress delegates stopped to believe in possibility of the Anglo-American union.

The enlightened narrative in the age of liberal reform: William Robertson’s View of the Progress of Society in Hungary

ABSTRACTThis article examines a translation of the Scottish historian William Robertson’s probably most famous text (based on a previous German edition) in the journal of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in the 1830s, as a case study on continuity between the Enlightenment and the era of liberal reform in Central Europe. It underlines the benefits of the comparative study of Scotland in Robertson’s time and Hungary in the Reform Age as partners in composite polities at the opposite ends of Europe, where patriotic projects of overcoming limitations of political sovereignty via cultural and economic improvement were pursued. The belated reception of Robertson in Hungary took place within a larger initiative of progress and refinement, associated with the liberal Count István Széchenyi, in an environment where many potential sympathizers with his programme were ambivalent about the values of cosmopolitanism and commerce promoted by Robertson, indebted as they remained to more archaic modes of patriotism. In view of the peculiarities of translation, and selection the Hungarian rendering of the View of the Progress was attuned to the sentiments of this constituency, and may be interpreted as a set of discursive gestures aimed at conquering it for the cause of ‘liberalism as refinement.’

Yes, no, maybe: an analysis of journalists’ views about political party membership in South Africa

ABSTRACTThis article reports on an analysis of South African journalists’ views on independence from political parties at a time when the journalist fraternity appeared to be split in two (with nuances in between): those who appeared to support the nationalistic, patriotic project of sunshine journalism to focus on the “positives” and enhance the image of the country as espoused by the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), and those who attempted to abide by codes of ethics according to the Press Council of South Africa (PCSA). The PCSA stipulates that belonging to a political party constitutes a conflict of interests, and recommends distance from political parties, with the liberal normative view of watchdog journalism and holding the powerful to account. The analysis combined and integrated a few methods to reach conclusions about the master signifier in the discourse of journalists. It used a survey conducted with journalists in 2015 for quantitative and qualitative analysis, and deployed Zizek’s use of the concepts of master and floating signifiers to offer some critical reflections about journalists’ relationships to political parties. It found that the majority of journalists felt that their credibility would be compromised if they belonged to a political party, but quite a large section felt that journalists had biases anyway, so what was the problem?

Building a nation through a dam: the case of Rogun in Tajikistan

Ruling elites can use the symbolism of major dams to gain legitimacy and bolster a sense of national identity and patriotism. The Rogun Dam in Tajikistan is a gigantic hydraulic infrastructure that if and when finished will be the tallest in the world, allowing the country to gain energy self-sufficiency. Furthermore, by projecting an image of progress and success, such a structure can contribute to creating and strengthening a nationalistic discourse even before its completion. This paper begins by introducing the concept of nation-building in relation to the Central Asian setting and then connects it with the literature exploring the interplay between water and power. Subsequently, the focus moves to the Rogun project, illustrating the main traits of the Rogun ideology and outlining the rhetorical legitimation strategies used by the Tajik government to frame the dam as a nationally cohesive and patriotic project.