Psychological aspects of patriotism
According to the author's opinion, patriotism with all its ideological loading and abundance of related with it everyday associations should be the subject of scientific study acute shortage of which is felt in present days. Psychological aspect of the problem is obvious. The author shows that patriotism is a multi-component notion and phenomenon with 1) sense of love for Motherland; 2) readiness to sacrifice personal interests to public ones; 3) appropriate behavior; 4) identification with own country, its history and people being the main components of its core. Meanwhile the respective components of patriotism are ambiguous and are in complex relations with each other thus complicating the understanding of patriotism and its application to different situations that are analyzed in the article. The results of empiric researches of patriotism that clear up the definition and demonstrate important qualities and specific character of Russian patriotism and make it possible to formulate a number of its regularities are presented as well.