Scientific activity of the State Optical Institute during the war years (Yoshkar-Ola period): from the history of physics science

The main idea of the article is to use the method of historical reconstruction in the study of physics at a modern university as a basis for the formation of an interest in understanding the events of the Great Patriotic War, which took place in 1941–1945 in the city of Yoshkar – Ola during the scientific activity of the State Optical Institute (GOI). The scientific discover­ies of the Institute’s staff and academician S.I. Vavilov (head of the GOI) are particularly emphasized. Research attention is paid to the creation by the teacher of conditions for the formation of patriotic consciousness, feelings and beliefs among students through the study of certain historical material while organizing independent work through tradi­tional and online learning from the point of view of the history of science. The implementa­tion of research tasks was achieved on the basis of the use of historical documents from the archive of the Museum of the Volga State Technological University and the library fund of the S.G. Chavain National Library of the Republic of Mari El.