Strokes to the psychological and pedagogical portrait of foreign cadets of the Russian military university

interest in Russian military education has not faded in the world for many decades. According to the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in recent years 83 foreign countries have sent their citizens to study at Russian military universities, and the total number of foreign cadets has exceeded 10,000 people. The author of the article focuses on cadets from countries of Africa, Southeast and West (Anterior) Asia, belonging to various ethnic groups, subethnic groups, communities, cultures and confessions, who have chosen the military profession as the main vector of personal self-realization. The educational process of a military university should be aimed at developing a military-professional identity in cadets, the value constants of which, regardless of historical time, ethnicity and religious affiliation, are the mode of service (E. Fromm's term), spiritual, moral and psychological qualities of the individual, ideas about honor, loyalty to military and civic duty, courage, fortitude, responsibility, discipline, etc. Military-professional identity determines the direction and intensity of adaptation and cognitive practices, as well as the individual's readiness for volitional self-regulation and overcoming external and internal obstacles on the path to professional development. The article characterizes the socio-cultural and psychological characteristics of foreign cadets and substantiates the educational strategy, the priorities of which are the value guidelines of the army as a social institution.

army as a social institution, Russian military university, military education, foreign cadets of the Russian military university, military-professional identity, mode of service, value priorities of military service, educational strateg