PRESERVING THE HISTORICAL MEMORY ABOUT THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (ON THE EXAMPLE OF COMPETITION AND BOOK “YOUNG HEROES OF HOMELAND”)

. The authors examine the formation and preservation of historical memory as a set of ideas about past events that are relevant for the majority of members of a particular community of people and have great educational value. With the development of technology, reading among young people goes into the background, therefore a permanent search for effective tools in the patriotic education of young people and the development of new commemorative practices is needed. These additional tools today are all kinds of games, design and competitive activities. Creative competitions enable comprehension of human values and causes of human actions, but because they are an effective means of spiritual, moral and patriotic education of children and youth. On the example of the implementation of the youth project живаяистория-россии.рф and the holding of the contest “Young Heroes of the Fatherland”, on the basis of the book A. Y. Bondarenko, the expansion and improvement of means and methods of preserving historical memory as an important direction in educating young people for which patriotism becomes natural and the conscious quality of the personality, causing the need to act for the benefit of their country and its people.