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Tatyana Bespalova - about patriotism
Journalist Tatyana Bespalova in the publication "Russian People's Line" writes :
“The paradox of the post -Soviet era is the activation of the state’s activity on the formation of a patriotic worldview, traditional moral values in the conditions of their total destruction at the level of cultural and educational practices, the presence of serious contradictions in the processes of the formation and strengthening of Russian civil identity and civil unity of Russian society. Of great importance in this context is the ratio of civilizational, national (in the civilian sense) and ethnocultural identity and ensuring their harmonization. Civilizational identity is practically lost at the level of everyday consciousness, and its revival (or gaining) seems to be a complex political task that requires not only the will of the national elite, but also consistent actions at the level of implementation of the new content of state policy.
Patriotism is not reduced only to the service of the Fatherland and the protection of the state, but it also requires the defending of the historically established spiritual and moral way of Russian, Russian life. The service of Russia involves protection at the level of state policy of a historically established idea of social justice. < ... >
Patriotism as a political task requires the collective recognition of national betrayal (signing of Bialowieza agreements) and as its consequences - the subsequent split of the Russian people, conflicts on the borders of the former Soviet republics. The revival of the general historical memory, the return to the world history of the subject of politics, history and culture; pursuing a historical policy corresponding to a system call in relation to Russian civilization; The development of the ideological and theoretical substantiation of the integration of peoples, cultures and states in order to reduce conflict and return washed away the national existence of the Russian (Russian) and other peoples of Russia and the post-Soviet space. ”