Optimization of cultural and leisure activities for cadets at higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

In: Izvestiya of Saratov University. Sociology. Politology, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 434-438

Abstract

The article is devoted to the assessment of cultural and leisure work with cadets of higher military educational institutions. First of all, the importance of leisure in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in particular at military universities, is substantiated, the competent organization of which performs recreational, cultural and educational, military mass, cultural and educational, regulatory functions, as well as the function of rational organization of free time and the function of the communicative process in an off-duty environment. The analysis of the legal framework, the results of the author's sociological research and other empirical data related to the subject area of the article revealed a problem regarding the insufficient number of cultural and leisure activities that help cadets satisfy their need for selfexpression. Based on the data obtained, practical recommendations for optimizing the functioning of cultural and leisure activities at higher military educational institutions are proposed.