The heroism of the soviet people during the Great Patriotic War on the pages of school textbooks
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2025-1-51-57
Abstract
Aim.The purpose is to study the peculiarities of representing the heroism of the Soviet people and the image of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War on the pages of school textbooks published in our country from the middle of the twentieth century to the present.
Methodology. The research is based on the materials of a comparative analysis of the image of heroes and heroism of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War on the pages of school textbooks published in our country from the middle of the twentieth century to the present.
Results.The transformations in the image of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War and the heroism of the Soviet people as a whole in school textbooks over the past half century have been revealed, and the special significance of this material for educating the younger generation in the spirit of love and devotion to the Fatherland is presented. The dependence of the content of a school textbook on the political situation and ideological attitudes of representatives of different trends in historiography is investigated.
Research implications. The research materials can be used by specialists in the field of historiography.
About the Authors
A. N. Fuks
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander N. Fuks – Dr Sci (History), Prof , Departmentally Head, Department for the Development of Educational Activities, Russian Society "Knowledge"
ul. Radio 10А, Moscow 105005
V. V. Kovrigin
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vadim V. Kovrigin – Cand Sci (Education), Assoc Prof, Department of Methods of Teaching History and Political Science
ul. Radio 10А, Moscow 105005
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