SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PATRIOTIC DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS A FACTOR OF COUNTERING EXTERNAL THREATS OF MODERNITY

He article analyses the patriotic, spiritual and moral development of young people of military age as one of the conditions for national security of Russia. The study was conducted on the territory of the Leningrad, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions. The total number of respondents was 1050 young men of military age (16-20 years old). The study used: the Russian version of the Moral Identity Questionnaire (O.A. Sychev, I.N. Protasova) and the modified technique “Incomplete Sentences”. It was found that low scores on the “Moral Self” and “Moral Integrity” scales are observed in 35.7% of young men of military age. They have predominantly negative ideas about the prospects for increasing patriotism among young people; they are not inclined to consider patriotism as love for the Motherland, and military service as a form of patriotism; there is a significant predominance of negative ideas about the future of the country and a lower incidence of feelings of pride for the Motherland.