Social and cultural tradition of military education in Russia

The article is devoted to one of the most important components of the sociocultural space of modern educational institutions of the type of cadet - cadet traditions. The relevance of the topic is determined by the need to develop new approaches to education of rising generation in spirit of patriotism, respect for the heroic past of Russia, to actively continue the best traditions of service to the Motherland. Cadet education as a social and cultural phenomenon, and the state system the formation of a national the serving layer is created, operated and debug in Russia for centuries. The experience and results of the activities of the cadet corps for three hundred years was an example of civic education and patriotism, and many of the inmates of institutions of military education of Russia became its national heritage. This description of the most significant traditions of life of modern Russian cadet, attempt their classification.