About eternal values and patriotism
The article examines the experience of patriotic education of cadets of the St. Petersburg Military Order of Zhukov Institute of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, which manifested itself in conversations with the veteran of the Great Patriotic War VYa. Slepov. The spiritual and moral content of these conversations, the peculiarities of their emotional impact on listeners are revealed. The conclusion is made about the high importance of regular meetings of future officers with elderly people who gave the best years of their lives to the service of the Fatherland and willingly share their bright, extremely rich memories. Special emphasis is placed on the fact that people like V.Ya. Slepov have irrepressible energy, creative thinking and, despite their advanced age, strive to be in demand, benefit, respond to the challenges of the time. V.Ya. Slepov's statements regarding the value orientations of modern youth, the basic laws of the process of patriotic education, and the need to protect historical memory are given.