National military music of Russia as a factor of patriotic education

The author of the submitted article argues that Russian military music has become a kind of tuning fork for the soul of the Russian army. Its functions acquired a clearly defined ethical, ritual, pragmatic, aesthetic orientation. The tasks of the phenomenon of domestic military music and its institutions (primarily, full-time military song and dance ensembles) are: the formation of respect for domestic history; the awakening of love for the small and large homeland; the generating of positive social feelings, attitudes, motives, value orientations, fixing them in the minds of military personnel; the keeping up their fighting spirit; the propaganda of traditions, customs, rituals historically established in the Armed Forces, rules of conduct of military personnel, both in peacetime and in wartime; the personification of a nation, its consolidation around the country’s political leadership. And this is the enormous power of military music as a factor of patriotic education.

military personnel, military ensemble of songs and dances, education, art, music, patriotism, amateur performances, public relations system, social elevator, consciousness, creation, value orientations