EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN STUDENTS AS MEANS TO ADAPT TO EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF A RUSSIAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The authors focus on foreign students and extracurricular activities they do, which are understood as possible ways to get adapted to a military university in Russia. The article reveals contents of the concept of adaptation, taking into account the specifics of activities of foreign students in the system of Russian military universities. The authors seek to trace the course of this process in accordance with its main stages. Key features of integration of foreign cadets into the military universities operating in the Russian Federation territory educational environment are determined. The work describes difficulties encountered by immigrants from the near and especially far abroad when integrating into the educational process in a Russian military university. The researchers propose forms of introduction of extracurricular work, which are most effective in terms of facilitating the adaptation to the higher military education organizations in Russia.