ON THE RUSSIAN-BELARUSIAN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT "MEMORY OF THE GREAT FEAT (1941-1945)" AS A MEANS OF FORMING A COMMON HISTORICAL MEMORY OF THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA AND BELARUS (ON THE MATERIALS OF THE SURVEY OF BELARUSIAN TEACHERS)
The article emphasizes the mutual interest of teachers of Russia and Belarus in cooperation through common, relevant for both sides, topics. One of them is the theme of the Great Patriotic War. The purpose of the article is to find out whether and, if so, how relevant is the request for the development of joint Russian- Belarusian projects on the eve of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War for modern Belorussian teachers. As a method of research, a questionnaire was chosen, in which 106 people participated. The survey showed a different composition of participants: by pedagogical experience, place of work, different types of educational organizations, taught academic subjects. Most respondents are teachers of universities, schools, gymnasiums. The analysis of the respondents ' answers confirmed the need for a joint Russian-Belarusian educational project, one of the goals of which is to broadcast the spiritual and moral values shared by the Russian and Belarusian peoples through the publication of a training manual. According to Belarusian teachers, the manual in Russian, devoted to historical issues, will be in demand in the educational process of schools and universities. Analysis of the questionnaires showed, what information should be included in a textbook on the Great Patriotic War, taking into account the need to simultaneously solve the problems of historical and philological direction (popularization of the Russian language): an overview of key historical events, documents, memoirs, and visual sources of information, including maps. The aspect of benefits as an opportunity for improvement in the Russian language, have not attracted the interest of educators, first, in connection with that the Russian language in Belarus is taught in schools, and, secondly, the theme of the war are so tremendous that absorbs the readers ' attention entirely. The survey demonstrated the readiness of Belarusian teachers to strengthen cooperation in the humanitarian sphere, expand the educational space, exchange pedagogical experience in the face of civilizational challenges, the emergence of digital educational technologies.