Questions: 1. The essence and content of military etiquette. 2. Basic rules of cultural behavior of military personnel. Throughout the development of human civilization, each society has been guided by moral guidelines (a common moral strategy). For their practical implementation, simple and clear rules of etiquette were developed. Knowledge of them and the ability to follow them formed and forms the external culture of a person, helps him to show his attitude to others and respect for them in the best possible way. 1 The origin of etiquette in the form of a primitive system of rules of behavior occurred in primitive society. It arose from the objective need to regulate relations between people in the process of their life and was one of the necessary conditions for the preservation of the human race. Actually, the very history of etiquette (translated from French means "label", "ceremonial") is usually counted from the XYI century. During the European Renaissance, the upper nobility and nobility, as if competing, scrupulously followed the rules of accepted etiquette, especially honoring the beauty of external behavior, the ability to conduct small talk. This concept was firmly established in the Russian language in the XVIII century, when the reforms of Peter I began to establish broad political and cultural ties between Russia and the leading European states. But Peter, trying to teach the nobility the rules of European etiquette, did not follow the path of thoughtless and blind copying. He introduced etiquette, taking into account the Russian reality, the rules of folk wisdom already accumulated and reflected in written sources regarding the moral way of thinking and acting. The Russian army was not aloof from the introduction to the norms of cultural behavior. Special collections and manuals were widely distributed, which set out the requirements for the behavior of military personnel in a clear and often aphoristic form. Among the sailors, they were calle ... Read more