Understanding the pioneer experience when building a modern system patriotic education of youth

The article attempts to comprehend the experience of Soviet pioneer activity as a unique educational space. The authors, assessing a number of legal acts as a legal social and state order for the formation of a system of patriotic and civic education, determine the prospects for the development of a new All-Russian movement of schoolchildren "Big Change". The analysis of the functions of the pioneer movement is carried out and the thesis of the continuity of the new institute of socialization of children and adolescents is substantiated. The authors prove that the institution being formed is designed to consolidate and strengthen the support provided to children and youth, increase their social involvement, build a continuous trajectory of development based on citizenship and traditional values of Russian society. Scientific understanding of the experience of the pioneer movement proves the expediency of the development of historically established mechanisms of educational activity, taking into account the current socio-political situation.