Formation of military-patriotic education system in the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (on materials of Dagestan)

The article investigates the development of the system of military-patriotic education in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic during the first period of the Great Patriotic War. Much attention is paid to the analysis of propaganda of the Party and government organizations among young people in educational institutions, enterprises and various institutions. The author reveals the objectives and forms of advocacy republican power structures among the population of Dagestan in 1941-1942. The article reveals the peculiarities of educational work among the youth of the republic during this period, with the socialist and traditional patriotic values. The author tried to reflect the specifics of the restructuring of the military and propaganda work in Dagestan in the first period of the war, with the result that the majority of residents of the republic accepted part in winning the war as a deeply personal matter. The conclusion is that despite the available difficulties, the Republican Party and government organizations devote considerable time and resources for educational work with young people, to prepare it for military and labor feats in the name of the Great Victory. This study, in our view, is of interest to lecturers, political scientists and promoters of the feat of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.