CULTURAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES AS ONE OF THE MAIN TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of patriotic education of teenagers in modern Russia. The author analyzes the state of patriotic education during the existence of the USSR and after its break up. The work appeals to the state program “Patriotic education of citizens of the Russian Federation” and serves the main purpose of patriotic education of the adolescent, describes the leisure and cultural activity as a means of interaction between participants of the process of patriotic education of the younger generation, describes the levels of patriotic education of teenagers, development of which promotes the use of technology of cultural and leisure activities, indicates the tasks of patriotic education.