THE REASONS FOR THE ACTIVATION OF THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT IN THE HISTORICAL AND MODERN CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the reasons for the activation of the volunteer movement observed in modern Russian society. The activity of volunteers is recorded today both in the mass media and confirmed by the results of a sociological study conducted by the authors. Interesting is the revealed fact of the similarity of the circumstances under which the activation of volunteering took place in the history of Russia (periods of military operations, as well as periods of active state support). Similar reasons can explain the increase in the scale of volunteer activity today. It is these factors that become decisive in defining volunteering as a socially important institution in a period of social challenges and threats