ABOUT SOME PROBLEMS OF MILITARY AND MASS - DEFENSE ACTIVITY IN THE 80<sup>TH </sup>- 90<sup> TH</sup> YEARS OF THE XX<sup>TH</sup> CENTURY (THE WESTERN REGIONS OF RUSSIA ARE TAKEN AS EXAMPLES)
The article tells about the condition of mass-defense activity with draft-age and preinduction young people in Bryansk, the Kaluga and Smolensk regions in the 80-90s of the XXth century. On the basis of the archival documents the author educed the specific character of that work, made by the government authorities and social organizations. Despite the slogans of the «deideologization» of the state in 90s that influenced negatively on the youth, main institutes that composed the system of mass-defense activity, allowed to perform the army and navy recruitment during the difficult economic situation. The author comes to a conclusion that the activation of this work in modern conditions is necessary and it will promote the strengthening of defence capability of Russia.