Development rules about patriot education in the history of russian legislation (IX – XV centuries)
Introduction: The article reveals the legal regulation of rules on patriotic education since the establishment of the facts of the occurrence of the first state before the end of the XV century. The concepts of «patriotism» and «patriotic education» are considered in the historical development from the point of view of the law. Objective: To identify the direct affiliation of «patriotism» to the law and the traditions sanctioned by state authorities. Methods: formal-logical method, which is used to analyze the normative legal acts regulating various aspects of patriotic education with the requirements of the principles of historicism, objectivity, comprehensiveness, complexity and specificity. Results: The study author defines patriotism as a legal category, range of activities including a permanent resident or a native of the state; in the ancient period, securing sources of patriotic activities were writings (chronicles), philosophical and political leaders; during the XI-XIII centuries norms of patriotic behavior found in the official statutes of princes; in the XIV-XV centuries patriotic behavior receives not only legal consolidation in the ship certificates and legal documents of the Grand Duke, but also formed a patriotic doctrine in both the political and religious environment; are examples of reasoned secure methods of patriotic education in the legal sources for the period of formation and development of Russian statehood in the complex military-political and domestic conditions. Conclusions: religious norms are the basic foundation for the formation of patriotic feelings and consciousness of the population. Patriotism, as a feeling, generates actions that are legal relations and, of course, should be regulated by law. Because of their multiple applications they receive state enshrined in legislation.