Use of military year posters in forming historical memory in youth environment

The article discusses the problem of the formation of patriotism in the youth environment by referring to historical memory and visual sources of information. The author analyzes the essential and artistic features of the posters of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, showing the infl uence of the poster on improving the morale of servicemen and rear workers. The article reveals the humanistic signifi cance of the ideas of patriotism in the process of the formation of cultural identity and national identity