What is a small homeland? Small Motherland

Natalia Nasonkina
Lesson summary “Big and Small Motherland”

Target: to consolidate children’s ideas about what it is Motherland and small homeland; generalize ideas about state symbols (coat of arms, anthem, flag, cultivate love for the native land.

Material: slides with cities and nature of Russia, a globe, photographs of the city of Moscow and Rasskazovo, details for games "Put out the flag", "Lay out the city's coat of arms", coats of arms of Russia, Moscow, Rasskazovo, illustrations with knights with weapons.

Progress of the lesson:

Educator. Hello guys! Today I want to talk to you about Homeland. Who can tell me what it is Motherland?

Children. The country in which you live.

Educator. What is our name? Motherland?

Children. Russia.

Educator. Have you ever wondered what they mean? words: Rus', Russian, Russia, Russians? Some researchers believe that the word Rus comes from the word "bed"- recess. Along which the river flows. After all, in Rus' there are many large and small rivers. Our ancestors built cities, towns, and villages on the banks of reservoirs. Or maybe the word Russia is connected with the word "dew"? morning, light, fresh dew. There is an assumption that the word "Russian" came from the name of an ancient Slavic tribe "rus", known back in the 4th century BC.

Look at these photos.

The teacher shows slides with cities and nature of Russia.

Great is ours Motherland! It spreads freely from the snow and ice of the Far North to the southern seas. This is a huge state! Russia has high mountains, deep rivers, deep lakes, dense forests and endless steppes. There are also small rivers. Light birch groves, sunny meadows, ravines, swamps and fields. If you drive through our country from north to south. You can notice how the climate, vegetation, and the appearance of villages, towns and cities are changing.

Demonstration of photographs about the tundra (dwarf trees, moss, lichens, taiga (dense coniferous forests, steppes (meadows, feather grass, Black Sea, populated areas) (Big city, small, village).

We are proud of our great Russia, its diverse nature, rich mineral resources, and especially the hardworking and talented people who inhabit it. But each of us has our own small homeland - that corner of the earth, Where are we were born, where we spent our childhood, where our people live parents and friends, where our home is located. For someone small homeland - small a village or village, for others - a city street and a green courtyard with a swing, a sandbox and a wooden slide. In a word, Everyone has their own small homeland!

1 child:

What we we call you home?

The house where you and I live.

And the birch trees along which,

We walk next to mom.

2 child:

- Small Motherland - an island of land.

Under the window currant, the cherries have blossomed,

A curly apple tree, and under it a bench -

Affectionate my small homeland.

Educator. We have a globe in our group. Which depicts all the countries of the world. Let's find our country on it.

Children show Russia on the globe.

Some cities are also marked on the globe. There are a lot of them in the world - big and small. Noisy and quiet, beautiful and ordinary. But each country has its own center, its own heart. Who knows what kind of cities these are?

Children. These are the capitals.

Educator. Name our capital Motherland.

Children. Moscow.

The teacher shows the city of Moscow on the globe.

Educator. What is the name of our city?

Children. Rasskazovo.

Educator. Our town big or small?

Children. Small.

Educator. That's right, small one, it's not on the globe. Can you guess him in the photo?

Educator. I have many photographs of different cities. I suggest you choose from them images of our city and the capital of our country, Moscow. Take photographs of Moscow to the table located to my right, and photographs of our city to the table located to my left.

Di: "Guess the City"

Children choose photographs.

Educator. Let's check if you completed the task correctly. Let's name what is shown in photographs of the city of Moscow.

Children. Red Square. Monument to A.S. Pushkin, Tsar - cannon, Tsar - bell.

Educator. Now let's name what is shown in the photographs of our city.

Children. Church of St. John the Evangelist, monument to Lenin, city square, monument Borodino bread.

Educator. Well done guys, you know the sights and capitals of our Motherland Moscow and our city. I would also like to talk to you about the symbols of our state. I invite you to take part in the quiz "Symbols of Russia". Let's split in two teams: one team will sit at a table on which there are photographs of Moscow, the second - at a table with photographs of our city.

The children are seated at the tables.

So first question: what are the distinctive signs of the state?

Children. Flag, coat of arms, anthem.

Educator. What does the National Flag mean?

Children. Unity of the country.

Educator. What other purpose does a flag have?

Children. Serves as a sign or symbol of power.

Educator. What does the Russian flag look like?

Children. It is rectangular in shape and consists of three stripes of white, blue and red.

Educator. I have prepared stripes of these colors for you and propose to fold them into a Russian flag. Pay attention to the exact placement of each color.

Di: "Put out the flag"

Educator. We completed this task. Now let's talk about the anthem. Why does the country need an anthem?

Children. This is the main song of the country, solemn, accepted as a symbol of state unity.

Educator. How do they listen to the national anthem?

Children. Standing.

Educator. And they completed this task. Now let's talk about the coat of arms. What does the coat of arms of our country mean?

Children. It is a sign or symbol of power. It denotes the unity of the country and its independence from other states.

Educator. - long ago, in knightly times, when there were battles, knights fought with swords, and defended themselves from enemy swords and arrows with a shield (showing illustrations). In order for the warriors to know where their knights were and where the strangers were, images were made on the shields. Usually these were animals or birds, those with whom the knight compared himself. For example, one army had a shield with the image of an eagle in battle, and another had a lion. And then during the battle it was possible not to confuse where one’s warrior was and where the enemy’s. And so the shield became the basis of the coat of arms of the country and the city. Guys, who knows what the Russian shield looks like?

Children. On the red shield there is a double-headed eagle, on the heads of the birds and between them there are three crowns intertwined with a ribbon, in the claws there is a scepter and an orb.

Educator. As I already said, cities also have their own coat of arms. On the shield of the coat of arms of the city of Moscow in the center is St. George the Victorious, who defeats the dragon with his spear. This is one of the ancient symbols of the struggle between good and evil, light and darkness, and the defense of the Fatherland. Our city also has its own coat of arms. Who knows what he looks like?

Children. The coat of arms of the city of Rasskazov is a red shield. In the center is tanned leather, against its background is a ball of black yarn. Golden ears of corn emerge from this composition like rays. On top of the coat of arms is adorned with a crown, from which a knowledgeable person will immediately understand the status of the settlement - an urban settlement.

Educator. What do all these parts of the coat of arms mean?

Children. The color red signifies strength, love, courage, bravery and beauty. The leather and the ball indicate that there are almost three centuries of traditions of tanning hides, cattle breeding, and the production of wool and products made from it. The silver color of the tanned skin is a symbol of peace, peace, mutual understanding, purity, and perfection. The black color of the ball speaks of prudence, wisdom, modesty, and honesty of the storytellers. Twenty-four spreading ears symbolize, firstly, agriculture, which was practiced by both the first settlers and modern residents, and secondly, there are as many spikelets as there are hours in the day - this indicates the passage of time, the continuity of generations, the continuation of traditions. Golden ears, which symbolizes wealth, constancy, fertility, sunlight.

Educator. That's how much meaning is put into the coat of arms of our city! I suggest team 1 to lay out the coat of arms of Moscow from the details, and team 2 - the coat of arms of the city of Rasskazovo.

A game: "Lay out the city's coat of arms"

Educator. Our city also has its own flag. Who knows. What do the flag and coat of arms of the same city have in common?

Children. The flag and coat of arms have common symbols.

Educator. Right. Rasskazov’s flag is red, in the center of the flag there is a tanned skin, on it there is a ball of black wool, and there are golden ears of corn around it. Now let's play a game "Coat of arms - flag". If I show you a coat of arms, you show your palms; if you show a flag, raise the river up and sway them from side to side, as if the flag is fluttering in the wind.

A game "Coat of arms - flag"

Educator. About love for Homeland people have composed many wise proverbs. Among them are such: "Russian man without does not live in his homeland» , “The native side is the mother, the foreign side is the stepmother”. It happens that a person finds himself in a foreign country, as they used to say in the old days, in a foreign land. And at first everything seems new to him, interesting: people, customs, and nature. But a little time will pass, and the heart will become sad and ask to go home, to its native side. Where everything is so close, familiar and so loved! After all “the heart aches for the beloved side”.

Guys, we talked a lot about our city, and I want to check what you remembered from our conversations. Please answer the questions I will ask one by one teams:

1. Who founded our city? (Peasant Stepan Story)

2. Was he the only one who founded it? (With relatives and friends)

3. Where did he live? (At the confluence of the Arzhenka and Lesnaya Tambov rivers)

4. Name the streets of our city. (Club, Craft, Gogol)

5. What is the reason for the name of Lesnaya street? (With the place of occurrence - near the forest)

6. What is the reason for the name of Remeslennaya Street? (Depending on the type of activity of people - artisans)

7. What enterprises are there in our city? (NVA plant, tannery, biochemical plant)

8. Which famous people of the city do you know7 (Doctor Daniil Alexandrovich Makarov, his brother physicist Moisei Alexandrovich, doctor Peten Alexander Iosifovich, surgeon Pavel Nikolaevich Donskoy)

9. What attractions are there in our city? (Church of St. John the Evangelist, Church of the Great Martyr Catherine, monument to soldiers who died in Afghanistan. Chechnya, monument Borodino bread)

Well done, you know a lot about our city! Do you love your city? And why? What needs to be done to make our city become more and more beautiful over the years? (Children's answers). I invite each team to read a poem that we have learned about our city.

(SLIDE No. 1)

A poem by Vitaly Bakaldin is heard. (teacher reads)

In life we ​​are given
There is only one homeland.
I have it -
cherry by the window.
Right at the door
gold of the fields,
a centuries-old thought of slender poplars.
This is my path
lay in the bread, here is my destiny -
joy and struggle, here raised by me
poured ear -
the pride and joy of being young.
Far from you
in flames, in dust
the years have led us
deep into a foreign land,
but always with me
on the side, another was in labor-campaigns
you, my native land.
Apparently so be it
I can live here forever,
be friends until the end,
love to the end
my friends are here
my family is here
can't say more -
This is my land.

2. Repetition of what has been learned.

(SLIDE No. 2)

What do you imagine when you hear the word “MOTHERLAND”?

What country do we live in? (in Russia)

Can we call Russia our homeland? (Yes)

What is the name of the region in which we live? (Krasnodar)

Find and mark it in the table.

What is another name for the Krasnodar region? (Kuban)

Find and mark it in the table.

Why is it called that? (After the name of the Kuban River)

In ancient times, the local population tried to protect their lands from floods, and in the 60s it was decided to build the KRASNODAR RESERVOIR, or as it is also called …….. (KUBAN SEA)

3. The main part of the lesson. Updating and recording individual difficulties in a problem situation.

(SLIDE No. 3)

Composers compose music, poets write poems, and artists paint pictures about our native Kuban.

And today, guys, we will listen to a poem prepared by Sasha Kontsevich. It is dedicated to our native land, the city. The poem was written by a student of our school, Prevechny Ilya, who in 2003 won the city competition of young poets “I am a citizen of Russia”

My favorite city Krasnodar,
You are growing, and I am growing with you.
As if you were destined for me as a gift,
I am surrounded by your love.

Everything around me is dear, dear
Willow trees and birch trees outside the window
Birds singing over a fast river.
Friends' laughter, mother's smile, Father's house.

Willow trees, birch trees outside the window, friends' laughter, mother's smile. Father's house…

(SLIDE No. 4)

Yes, guys, we call Russia the Motherland - this is our big Motherland. In addition to the big Motherland, every person also has a small Motherland.

What do you think a small Motherland is? (statements from the guys)

Small Motherland is the place where your home is, where your parents are, where you grow up, study, and play with friends.

And today in class we will talk about our small Motherland.

(SLIDE No. 5)

Make a word out of the letters and we will find out the name of our small homeland.

(Children put together the word KALININO from letters)

2. - Yes, you guessed correctly, our small Motherland is the village of Kalinino.

Find and mark it in the table.

(SLIDE No. 6)

And poets wrote poems about him, composers composed songs. Now we will listen to one of the songs composed by our school’s music teacher Nadezhda Viktorovna Tananko.

Small village -
Houses, gardens.
You grew up happy.
Kindergarten and school,
Good father's house.
You are about them, cheerful,
Don't forget later.
About fathers and grandfathers

Let's save the memory.
Life for our childhood
They gave it away.
Near the old school
The quiet square is crying -
In a small village
Memory example.

Motherland is big
He will call loudly.
But let it be quiet in your soul
The little one lives.
Small village -
Houses, gardens.
You grew up happy.

Did you guys like the song?

Why does the song talk about gardens? (surround our village)

(SLIDE No. 7)

Yes, there really are gardens and fields around our village. At the end of the 19th century, having learned about the rich and fertile lands of Kuban, people from all over Russia began to come here. They began to build their houses on the outskirts of the city, cultivate the land, and plant gardens. And gradually our village began to be surrounded by gardens on all sides, and therefore its first name was “New Gardens”.

Our village has always been considered part of the city of EKATERINODAR. But it was sharply different from the whole city, because it was surrounded by gardens and fields, and the people who lived here cultivated them. And then the residents of “GARDENS” decided to separate from the city and create their own village council. With this request they turned to the national elder Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin. Kalinin helped them. And in honor of him, the village began to be called Kalininsky, and over time it was renamed the village of Kalinino

Look at the plan of our village. (the teacher shows the streets on the plan, the children find them on their plans) In “New Gardens” there were only two streets, Extreme and Middle. Krainaya Street is now called Rossiyskaya. And Srednyaya Street is now called May 1st. On one side there were gardens in which apple, cherry, and plum trees grew; on the plan we see that houses are now being built in their place, but some of the gardens still remain. And on the other side of the village there are fields where strawberries, peas, tomatoes, beets, zucchini, etc. are still grown.

3.- Now put it in front of you plans our village and prepare colored pencils. Now you yourself will mark the streets, fields and gardens on them.

Do you remember which street used to be called Extreme? (Russian).

Find it on your plans and shade it in yellow.

Find it and shade it in blue.

Remember what is around our village? (gardens, fields)

Let's celebrate gardens and shade them green.

And on the other side of the village of Kalinino there is a sea of ​​fields.

Let's shade fields brown.

Who lives in our village, find and mark my house, drawing a house.

What is the name of the street where our school is located? (Ussuriyskaya).

Find Ussuriyskaya street and shade it red.

Mark it on our school orange.

(SLIDE No. 8)

PHYSMINUTE. Guys, we have done a lot, now let’s take a rest and see how you remember the names old and new. If I say the old name, you will stomp, if I pronounce the new name, you will clap. Be careful. And so, we stood up and prepared our palms.

RUSSIAN - EXTREME

KALININO – NEW GARDENS

EKATERINODAR – KRASNODAR

4. - Well done. And so we marked the school on the plans. Previously, there was no school at all in our village. And the Sadovians really wanted their children to be literate.

And they twice appealed to the city council with a request to open a school in the gardens.

(SLIDE No. 9)

And finally, in 1903, the school was opened. These were two small huts covered with reeds.

(SLIDE No. 10)

A few years later, another small building was built on Rossiyskaya Street, a newer one made of brick. It is located on the territory of Memory Square.

Look guys, this is what our school looked like in those ancient times.

How many floors did it have? (1st floor)

But this building was very small, since the village grew every year, and there were more and more students. Therefore, a new school was built in 1972. This is the building you are studying in now, (pay attention to the layout of our school)

Guys, how is our school building different from the old building? (There was 1st floor now 3rd, the main entrance, the porch is now large, the windows used to be small, now they are large, the school has a large sports ground)

Our school is named after Evgeniy Dorosh. This is a pioneer who hid the banner, and the Nazis learned about this and punished him by breaking his arms and legs in the courtyard of the old school. They threw him into the barn. The villagers learned about this, stole him and buried him near the school. There, near the old school building, his grave is located. But not alone, there is also a monument to fellow tankers who defended our village. Every year, on May 9, in the courtyard of the old school, students, teachers, veterans and residents of the village gather to honor the memory of those who died in the Second World War.

(SLIDE No. 11)

Our school has always been proud of its graduates and teachers, and I will name only a few of them:

MAKHANKO Natalya Vladimirovna – a graduate of our school, now – deputy head of the administration of the municipal formation of Krasnodar

NEKRASOVA Natalya Ivanovna – mathematics teacher, now – deputy head of the administration of the Prikubansky intra-city district

GLADYSHEVA Nadezhda Vladimirovna – graduate of our school – deputy administration of the Kalinin rural district

Many graduates graduated from institutes and returned to their native school as teachers:

• Nemtseva O.B. – Deputy Director for MMR
• Medvedev P.A. – Deputy Director for Public Safety Management
• Yalanskaya T.G. - primary school teacher
• Alexandrova I.A. - primary school teacher
• Radchenko E.N. - primary school teacher
• Ivanova V.M. – primary school teacher
• Ryabokon I.M. – technology teacher
• Shikhin A.V. – technology teacher
• Proskurina Yu.A. – teacher of biology, chemistry
• Pidkovskaya N.A. - biology teacher
• Marchenko G.G. - a history teacher
• Ishkhanyan A.V. - teacher at the GPD

3. Reflection on learning activities in the lesson (lesson summary)

(SLIDE No. 12)

Now let’s remember what we talked about in class, a poem written by the teacher of our school, Alexandrova Irina Alexandrovna, will help us with this, but the text is deformed, some words are missing in it, and if you answer the questions correctly, the text will be restored and we can read it.

• What is the name of our region? (Krasnodar)
• What do we call our village Kalinino? (Small Motherland)
• What is the name of the main city of Kuban? (Krasnodar)
• What was the name of our village before? (Gardens)

Now let's read the poem.

Krasnodar region native -
Marvelous, wonderful, unearthly!
You live in it and grow -
You call me Little Motherland
The main city in Kuban is
Nice, kind Krasnodar
You live in it and grow -
You call me Little Motherland
There is a wonderful village in the region
It used to be called “Gardens”
You live in it and grow -
You call me Little Motherland
(SLIDE No. 13)

4. Homework:

Ask your parents and tell them if they studied at our school. Who were their teachers, what was interesting about their school life.

The narrator builds his argument using a question-and-answer form of presentation. Having asked questions in the first paragraph, he gives answers in the next. It becomes clear that for him, his small homeland is the place where a person spent his childhood, “that which a child’s eye can embrace.” The bulk of the text is occupied by the narrator's memories. He uses a series of homogeneous sentence parts: “a quiet village street, a cramped shop, a machine yard behind the outskirts” to create a detailed picture of his life.

The description conveys the warm atmosphere of a serene childhood. The narrator with a kind smile talks about him, about memories dear to his heart. For a child, the village was a whole “boyish universe.” This metaphor shows that then for him the whole world, all his experiences and joys lay in this village. The small homeland gave the narrator “wings of inspiration” that helped him move on in life.

Small Motherland is a place associated with childhood and memories. It gives birth to happiness in a person’s soul.

Many prose writers and poets wrote about their small homeland. S. Yesenin in his work glorified Russia as a country with extraordinary spaces, the beauty of nature, and loyalty to traditions. He called himself "the poet of the golden log cabin." For him, the memories of his native village, his home are dear. The poem “Letter to Mother” is imbued with a sad mood. The lyrical hero turns to his mother, he remembers the places where he grew up and was happy. He says that he has had to endure a lot of trials, that he wants to return home, where there is peace, where his mother always waits and loves: “You are my only support.”

Russia is also described in A. Blok’s lyrics. He, like S. Yesenin, valued his homeland not for its solemnity and majesty, but for its simplicity. In the poem “Russia,” the lyrical hero, addressing his homeland, says: “Your gray huts are to me, ... like the first tears of love.” His love for his homeland is a very personal feeling. The image of Russia as a peasant woman appeared in the poet’s lyrics: “And you are still the same - a forest and a field, and a patterned cloth up to your eyebrows.” Love for traditions, the beauty of nature, the countryside and the simplicity of life permeates the entire poem.

Memories of a small homeland give rise to the warmest feelings in a person’s soul. We were born there, grew up there, gained experience, got our first impressions of life. Small Motherland is the place that raised us and gave us inspiration. A small homeland is always associated with feelings of happiness and peace.

Updated: 2017-09-21

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What is a “small homeland”? There are many approaches to understanding the phenomenon of “small homeland”. This phenomenon is considered as a literary metaphor, a topographical category, and its phenomenological and structural analysis is carried out from the perspective of various scientific disciplines. But it is also a psychological phenomenon. Undoubtedly, the word “homeland” is the same root as the word “birth”. Therefore, the homeland is often understood precisely as the place of birth. The homeland can have a fairly large scale of a country or state. Then this concept claims to be a certain objectivity, universality for a certain group of people. By “small homeland” we can understand a certain relatively small region, settlement, locality, which are identified subjectively and individually for each bearer of this phenomenon. For each person, the place of his birth has a certain subjective meaning. Often the place of birth is metaphorically called “small homeland”. A person’s “small homeland” can also be a place with which childhood memories are associated. It also happens that the phenomenon of a “small homeland” finds its localization in those areas in which a person has spent a short time or has not been at all, but knows about them and dreams of visiting there. These areas may be associated with the heroic past of his ancestors. This is especially true for representatives of noble families, the creative elite, who honor their family traditions and the traditions of their people. It happens that a person, being a bearer of a minority culture in society, identifies himself with the bearers of the culture that is valuable to him. He will consider the “small homeland” to be the territory in which a given culture is dominant. The phenomenon of the “small homeland” is reflected in literary, artistic and other types of creativity. And also the plot of mother earth giving strength is very common in the mythologies of various peoples of the world.

A person experiences positive, warm feelings towards his “small homeland”. It has a certain, one might even say, sacred meaning for him (the will to be buried in the “land of the fathers” is one of the rudiments of such sacralization), is often poeticized and idealized, and represents a certain value.
There are different approaches to defining a “small homeland” from different scientific positions. We are more sympathetic to M.P. Krylov’s position, since it is more psychological. In his article “Russian cultural and historical space. The Problem of Regional Identity”, published in the journal “World of Psychology 2005 No. 3”, he gives the following understanding of the “small homeland”: “small homeland” is the perception by a plurality of interacting individuals of their habitat as a special, certain conditional integrity, possessing internal cultural and spatial logic, and representing the totality of spatial identities within the region, including the identities of settlements and local manifestations of identity.

Therefore, it seems to us most adequate to study the phenomenon of “small homeland” through the category of identity. Since this phenomenon has its own topographical dimension, with which a person is connected historically and mythically, involvement in a certain territory with its sociocultural traditions is expressed through identity.

Identity is a mental formation that is a consequence of the process of identification. In the broadest sense of the word, identification (from Latin - identification) is an emotional-cognitive process of a subject’s unconscious identification of himself with another subject, with a group, with a model.

There are several approaches to thinking about identity. The theoretical basis of this study is the cognitive approach proposed by G. Tajfel and J. Turner with their understanding of social identity.

Based on the above theoretical framework, we will try to define the phenomenon of “small homeland”:
The phenomenon of the “Small Motherland” is identification with a value-significant region that plays a significant role in the formation of personality; this identification is carried out through inclusion of oneself in the group of carriers of the socio-cultural traditions of a given region.

In this study, the phenomenon of “small homeland” is correlated with the category of local identity. Namely, it is a variety of it. Local identity can act as a private category in relation to the concept of regional identity.

Local identity, a variation of which is the “small homeland” phenomenon, determines behavior not only at the level of cognitive regulation, but also at the emotional, often unconscious level. “Small Motherland” is also a value phenomenon. The space of the “small homeland” is saturated not just with the objective objective world, but also with phenomena with which, through its experiences, the human self relates.
Personality is formed in a certain sociocultural environment. It is the environment and the region that had the greatest influence on the formation of a person’s personality that are designated by the concept of “small homeland.” At the same time, the person himself feels this influence. The person is included in the group of residents of the region. He begins to identify the features that distinguish this group from all others and is already able to make comparisons with other groups. If one’s own group has a large number of positive characteristics compared to others, then a positive identity is formed, if less, then a negative one.

The phenomenon of a “small homeland” can manifest itself in the fact that a person perceives himself, first of all, as a resident of a small area, and only then as a resident of a country or a representative of a nation. Sometimes a person strives to preserve the local culture of the region that he considers his small homeland. And he considers himself the bearer of this culture.
Studying the phenomenon of a “small homeland” makes it possible to understand how a person feels when he finds himself far from home for a long time. Helps to study the process of adaptation to new social and cultural conditions.
The image of a “small homeland” is formed through the prism of the human self, which was formed under the influence of a certain region with its sociocultural traditions. The image of a “small homeland” is formed on the basis of the reflection of individual significant features of a subjectively identified region. The image of a “small homeland” accumulates the life world of the individual. And the concept itself acquires a phenomenological character
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Why is the phenomenon of “small homeland” becoming relevant? There is an identity crisis in modern society. The “globalization-regionalization” polarity can lead to the actualization of the “small homeland” phenomenon, that is, local identity comes to the fore, rather than national or ethnic. People strive to develop their own unique traits, characteristic of a relatively small group, and on the other hand, they increasingly strive for universality and globality. On the one hand, globalization represents the strengthening of relationships between people of different countries, ethnic groups and cultures, leading to the formation of a single humanity from the world's population. On the other hand, cultural and ethnic boundaries are blurring. Which leads to loss of originality, destruction of national identity. These trends can be most clearly observed in the borderlands, where several ethnocultural groups coexist for a long time. Here a special type of person is formed, belonging to several cultures. Regional, rather than ethno-national, affiliation is beginning to come into first place. One of the reasons is the multi-ethnicity of the border region.

The Grodno region is a border region, part of the Belarusian-Polish-Lithuanian borderland. In conditions of interpenetration of cultures, the phenomenon of a “small homeland” acquires significance.
In this study, an attempt was made to empirically study the content and emotional tone of the image of the “small homeland” of students of regional and city classes of Lyceum No. 1 in Grodno of junior youth (15-17 years old). The choice of this age group is not accidental; it is at this age that the value-semantic sphere of the individual is formed.

The method of free interpretations was used. The subjects were asked to continue the statement: “small homeland” for me is...”
Most students in regional classes defined “small homeland” as “the place where I was born (born).” Most students in urban classes defined their “small homeland” as “the city of Grodno.” In second place was the definition of “small homeland”, as “home” among regional classes, and as “family” among urban ones. The emergence of the category “home” among students in regional classes is very interesting. It should be noted that they permanently reside in the Grodno region; they came to Grodno for the duration of their studies. Perhaps in such conditions the house takes on special significance for them.
To determine the emotional tone of the image of the “small homeland”, the method of semantic differential was used.
In regional classes, the majority of subjects characterized the image of the “small homeland” as sublime, gentle, good, open, bright, mysterious, calming; in urban classes, the majority of subjects considered the criteria “low-lying-sublime,” “rough-tender,” “good-bad” , “open-closed”, “dark-light”, “mysterious-ordinary”, “disturbing-calming” are inappropriate for characterizing the image of the “small homeland”. This means that students in regional classes use a wider repertoire of adjectives to characterize the image of their “small homeland.” Consequently, this image is richer and more multifaceted.

For the majority of subjects from regional classes, the “small homeland” is more warm, lively, cheerful, important, beautiful, optimistic, attractive, and safe. Which speaks to the greater dynamism and eidetic nature of this image.

Equally and almost equally, “small homeland” was rated with positive adjectives in regional and city classes: bright, close, bright, pleasant, optimistic, strong, calm, inspiring, beautiful, exciting, natural.

Analyzing the data obtained, one can notice that the image of a “small homeland” has a positive emotional tone among city and regional students. But the ideas about the “small homeland” are richer and more imaginative among students from regional classes. It is possible that the influence of the urban or regional sociocultural environment played a significant role in the process of personality formation. But this assumption requires empirical evidence.

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Our homeland is Russia, but each of us has a place where he was born, where everything seems special, beautiful and dear. Nothing on earth can be closer, sweeter than the small Motherland.

For some it is a big city, for others it is a small village, but all people love it equally. We grow and mature, but we will never forget our small Motherland. Every person should love their small homeland, know its history, the wonderful people who were born and raised here.

For me, my small homeland is a small village - Nikitinsky, where I have been living for 3 years now, where I spent my childhood.

Our village is a small, cozy corner where there is a lot of beauty. All conditions have been created here for a calm and carefree life, away from the bustle and problems of the city. Here people can relax and have a good time.

And it all began like this: a huge field of oats, birch copses, the soft autumn sun generously flooding everything around with its rays, birds singing - that’s all that the first residents and builders of the village saw and heard.

The village of Nikitinsky was founded in 1961, named after the engineer Nikitin, who drew up the construction plan.

Construction began of both wooden houses and brick buildings for various institutions: schools, kindergartens, clinics, clubs, libraries.

The local nature is beautiful and varied.

The village is surrounded by small birch groves and forests.

Rye and wheat ripen in the fields, and berries, mushrooms and a variety of medicinal plants grow in the forests.

There are two artificial reservoirs, which are referred to by local residents as ponds Nikitinsky and Tambovsky.

Our village is very beautiful in all seasons.

In winter it looks like a fairyland. It is especially beautiful in spring when cherry, bird cherry, apple and lilac trees begin to bloom. In summer the village is all green, and in autumn everything is decorated with gold.

Local residents love their village and try to make it cozier and more beautiful: they plant trees and flowers, build playgrounds, take part in cleanup days, take care of and protect nature. The streets are always clean. The development of the village does not stand still; it is constantly changing.

The people here are very kind, friendly and helpful, which is the most important asset of the village. It is their work that sustains the life of my small Motherland.

Holidays are just as fun and cheerful. All residents of the village: both adults and children take part in sports competitions, fun competitions, and quizzes. The songs of local creative groups can be heard everywhere.

In 2011, the village celebrated its 50th anniversary. All residents celebrated their birthday together.

And even though there are no architectural monuments in my village, no beautiful brick buildings, it is dear to me because it has become my little Motherland.

I love this village because it is not like any other city.

I want it to be the cleanest, most blooming, welcoming and cozy. But for this, we all must love and take care not only of ourselves, but also of everything that surrounds us. And we, the younger generation, will try to do everything to make our village prosper and become better and better.

When I grow up, I will leave here, but the best moments of my life associated with the village will forever remain in my memory.

I wish my village prosperity and prosperity.

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