Historical memory as a factor of patriotic education of citizens

The article substantiates the importance of preserving historical memory and historical truth about the role of Russia in the world civilizational process. The authors give the concrete examples to show the growing danger of political use of the history of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 by the Soviet people against Nazi Germany to the detriment of historical truth. The article describes the genesis of the concept of historical policy; shows the role and significance of historical memory and historical truth in the patriotic education of citizens; reveals new trends in politics aimed at blurring and erasing historical memory in the minds of people for the sake of corporate goals and interests. The authors make a number of proposals aimed at preserving historical memory as a factor of patriotic education of citizens of the Russian Federation.