The History of Russia and Love for the Fatherland

I spoke with my son a lot about the history of Russia and love for the Fatherland. Especially after I read in his history of Kazakhstan textbook that Russia, pursuing an aggressive colonial policy... built roads in Kazakhstan. I sat down and explained what roads and economic development in the region are. He thought hard about it then and began asking questions often. But since he has always been interested in military subjects, history “clicked” with him. With the names of military commanders, events, and battle names. When I went on business trips to Russia, I brought him various encyclopedias. Then our conversations began to cover broader topics: we talked about the Constitution, its influence on all spheres of society, international law and what it is based on. About economics and its laws. That is why he has a clear position of love for the Fatherland and contempt for those who want to tear it apart.
And then, a couple of years ago, my teenage daughter asked me: Mom, how long has Putin been in power? And I realized that Navalnyism had reached her too with its dirty propaganda. I explained that he does not “rule,” but serves Russia with his whole being. When she was assigned poems to memorize, I helped her analyze them. I remember we spent two hours going over an excerpt from Borodino; I drew on the history of the country, the history of our family, and folklore, and even on war songs as a genre (the “war song” genre exists as a separate form only in Russian, by the way. That alone is an inexhaustible source of conversations with children about history). We parents bear responsibility for shaping our children's personalities. Yes, we work to feed and educate them, we get tired, and there is no time for conversations. But “nature abhors a vacuum.” If we do not bring them up, the sect of American mercenaries will. And their goal is the physical destruction of Russia and Russians.