The Great Patriotic War in the research of the capital University: solving the problems of historical enlightenment

Annotation

This article attempts to identify the most effective approaches to solving the problems of historical education using the example of organizing and conducting research on the topic of the Great Patriotic War in a capital university. In the current political conditions, the popularization of scientifically based historical knowledge about this period of national and world history seems particularly relevant. The authors of the article analyzed the research conducted by the faculty of the Institute of Humanities of Moscow City Pedagogical University (hereinafter referred to as the Institute of Humanities of MCPU, the Institute), aimed at studying the military and everyday history of the period 1941–1945, the search for effective channels for disseminating reliable historical information in order to improve the historical literacy of the population. Particular attention is paid to the involvement of student youth in this process. The methodological basis of this study is an interdisciplinary approach, the application of which allowed us to solve the following research problems: to analyze the attitude of modern youth to the problem of preserving historical memory and restoring historical truth; to consider thematic vectors of research in accordance with the specifics of the profile of scientific areas implemented by the structural divisions of the Institute of Humanities of MCPU; Identify the most promising educational and research practices for addressing historical education challenges.

Keywords

• Great Patriotic War
• historical education
• historical memory
• historical truth
• historical literacy
• metropolitan university
• historical knowledge
• university
• historical research
• student youth
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Contribution of the authors

Tokareva E. A. – research concept, justification of the purpose of the article, follow-on revision of the text, final conclusions; Malysheva O. G. – scientific management, the consolidation of data, final conclusions; Kazenina A. A. – processing and presentation of statistical data, source materials, writing the draft, final conclusions.

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