К вопросу о феномене массового героизма

7 / 7

К вопросу о феномене массового героизма
7
Revisiting the phenomenon of mass heroism
© A.V. Orekhovskiy
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, 105005, Russia
The article considers the issue of ethnic relations which is relevant for contemporary
Russia. The facts of Great Patriotic war show the heroism of the multinational Soviet
people as a phenomenon of its mass consciousness, the core of which were social and
moral values. The author speaks of the need to preserve the memory of the Great Victory,
the pride of which should be the basis for tolerant relations in the multinational Russian
society.
Keywords: Victory, war, heroism, social values, morality, patriotism, historical memory.
REFERENCES
[1] Stalin I.V. Rech na Krasnoy Ploschadi 7 noyabrya 1941 goda [Speech on
the Red Square on November 7, 1941]. Oeuvre, vol. 15. Moscow, Pisatel
Publ., 1997, pp. 84–86.
[2] (accessed
12.01.2015).
[3] Kuznetsov V.N. Ideologiya: Sotsiologicheskiy aspect. [Ideology: The So-
ciological Aspect. Textbook]. Institute of Social-Political Studies. Socio-
logical Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Moscow, Kniga i
biznes Publ., 2005.
[4] Smirnov A.F. Nesokrushimoe edinstvo: Sovetskiy narod v gody Velikoy
Otechestvennoy voyny [Unconquerable Unity: The Soviet people during
the Great Patriotic War]. Moscow, Molodaya gvardiya Publ., 1982.
[5] Stepanov A.S. Bezumstмo khrabrykh: o molodezhi 1917–1991 godov
[Madness of the Braves: The Youth of 1917–1991 years]. Moscow, Algo-
ritm Publ., 2008.
[6] Matishov G.G., ed. Korennoy perelom v Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyne: k
70-letiyu osvobozhdeniya Dona i Severnogo Kavkaza [Radical change in
the Great Patriotic War: for the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the
Don and the North Caucasus]. Materialy Mezhdunarodnoy nauchnoy kon-
ferentsii (Rostov-na-Donu, 6–7 iyunya 2013 g. [Proceedings of the Interna-
tional Scientific Conference (Rostov-on-Don, June 6–7, 2013.)]. Rostov on
Don, Publishing House of SSC RAS, 2013.
[7] Podvig naroda. Available at: (accessed
24.01.2015).
[8] Kuznetsov V.N., ed. Smysl Velikoy Pobedy [The Meaning of the Great
Victory]. Moscow, Kniga i biznes Publ., 2010.
[9] Itogi Vtoroy mirovoy. Pokushenie na Velikuyu Pobedu [Outcomes of the
Second World War. Encroachment on the Great Victory]. Moscow, Algo-
ritm Publ., 2005, p. 6.
Orekhovskiy A. V., сandidate of philosophical sciences, associate professor at the De-
partment of Political Science at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. е-mail: