Historical education - a new direction of activity of the modern Russian state

The article analyzes the issues of organizing historical education of the population, the central of which are the constitutionally enshrined functions of the Russian Federation to preserve historical memory and protect historical truth. At present, an independent direction of state activity in the field of historical education is naturally being formed, since it is necessary to unite into a single whole all the elements of the historical consciousness of Russians associated with this area, to develop mechanisms for neutralizing risks and threats to the all-Russian civic identity.