NATIVE EXPERIENCE OF NATIONAL PATRIOTIC EDUCATION IN THE MILITARY SPHERE OF THE STUDIED PERIOD (END OF XX – BEGINNING OF XXI CENTURY)
Authors: Petrenko L. , Poddubny R. 
Published: October 2024

In the modern conditions of full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, the problem of national-patriotic education of future officers in military institutions of higher education of Ukraine emerges with all urgency. The priority of the formation of patriotic qualities in the officers of military institutions of higher education plays a key role in the readiness for conscious defense of the Motherland, which is the main task assigned to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the conditions of hostilities with the enemy. The level of formation of patriotic qualities in future officers depends on the effectiveness of education of relevant properties in the personnel of military units and units, which determines their ability to selflessly fulfill the constitutional duty to consciously protect the Motherland.
The basis of the formation of national self-awareness is the education of a conscientious officer, citizen, and patriot. National self-awareness is not an innate quality, it is formed during the life of an individual. At the current stage of Ukraine’s development, when the threat of losing state independence and the country’s integrity has increased, national-patriotic education in the military sphere has a priority role. The main aspect is the education of national-patriotic feeling in young officers, devotion to the defense of the state, on a national scale.
The purpose of this article is to analyze the domestic experience of national-patriotic education in the military sphere of the late 20th – early 21st centuries.
An integral part of the national-patriotic education of officers and personnel of the military forces is the formation of readiness to defend the Motherland. In the conditions of a full-scale war, education as a social phenomenon needs rethinking, development of new approaches and strategies in the development of a system of education of national-patriotic qualities in young officers and personnel in representatives of power structures.
The external attributes of the army were also of great importance for the establishment of the national-patriotic upbringing of young officers: firstly, the development of new models of military uniforms and insignia; secondly, the approval of the provisions on military awards; thirdly, honorary names of military units that had a national historical origin.
Thus, an important aspect of the investigated problem is the tendency to change the system of national-patriotic education in military institutions of higher education in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This happened both at the legislative level and by filling the system of national-patriotic education with new content. The activities of the collectives of military institutions of higher education are aimed at: first, the formation of the national-patriotic consciousness of cadets; secondly, the awakening of national pride for the Ukrainian people; thirdly, hardening of patriotic consciousness; fourthly, training cadets to protect the independence of Ukraine, its state sovereignty. High results of educational work with cadets of institutions of higher education are ensured thanks to the inseparability of goals, the purpose of education in the conditions of both classroom and extra-auditory activities of the teaching staff of military higher education institutions. Turning to the historical experience of implementing the implementation of the national idea strengthens the search for ways to implement the national idea in the national-patriotic education of future officers in military institutions of higher education of Ukraine.
Since effective educational work can be carried out under the conditions of a close combination of the achievements of cadets during educational and practical classes in military institutions of higher education of Ukraine with combat achievements of graduates of military institutions of higher education while protecting the territorial integrity of Ukraine, it is worth considering the possibilities of wider use of the potential of participants in hostilities for the formation of a patriotic consciousness and patriotic feelings. Today, the problem of national-patriotic education of young officers is becoming particularly acute, since the future of Ukraine as an independent, sovereign state depends on its solution.