Fostering national identification and patriotism based on folk art

The article examines the modern problems of the formation of national identity and patriotic education of the younger generation based on traditional applied art. Particular attention is paid to the interpretation in modern conditions of such concepts as "national identification," "folk art," "traditional art crafts." The preservation of the cultural heritage of Russia is considered in the article through the prism of transferring traditions, technologies, worldview and the spiritual component of folk art to the younger generation, through the professional education of creators of new highly artistic products of traditional applied art and the education of connoisseurs of this unique cultural experience.