Military discipline and the moral and political state in the ranks of the Red Army on the eve and at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War

this article examines certain aspects of the state of military discipline and the moral and political state in the ranks of the Red Army on the eve and at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. It is emphasized that even before the attack of Nazi Germany on the USSR, the country's leadership realized the importance of strengthening military discipline and military-political work in the ranks of the army. The article mentions a number of orders and resolutions aimed at implementing tasks to improve military discipline, to educate military personnel in the spirit of strict observance of the military oath and military regulations, in particular the Disciplinary Statute. The importance of the well-known order No. 227 of July 28, 1942, which turned out to be timely and contained a number of practical requirements aimed at strengthening discipline, as well as contributed to the rise of the moral, political and psychological state in the ranks of the Red Army, is shown. Special attention is paid in the article to the practical measures of the country's leadership aimed at combating drunkenness, desertion and other incidents in the ranks of the Red Army on the eve and at the very beginning of the war. They were carried out in the form of seminars, meetings, lectures, reports, conversations, etc. The importance of using a number of measures to strengthen military discipline, raise morale and motivation for victory, which showed a positive result during the Great Patriotic War during the Russian Federation's Special Military Operation in Ukraine, was emphasized.

воинская дисциплина, морально-политическое состояние, Красная Армия, Великая Отечественная война, Дисциплинарный устав, Приказ № 227, боевой дух