Historical science as weapon in the fight for minds: are information wars lost?

Introduction. In 2022, Russia’s political elites showed an understanding that historical science is a weapon for the minds of young people. The Ministry of Education and Science has significantly increased the hours for students of all specialties to study history. In this regard, it is appropriate to recall the rich experience of the Soviet Union in the formation of a creative and heroic concept of national history, as well as those mistakes that were made in Soviet period.