Osobennosti DEYaTEL'NOSTi obshchestvennykh organizatsiy voennykh veteranov v SOVREMENNom politicheskom protsesse RossiYSKOY FEDERATsII Obshchestvennye organizatsii voennykh veteranov - eto spetsificheskie gruppy interesov, formiruyushchiesya po professional'nomu priznaku. Oni ob"edinyayut lyudey, rabotayushchikh v voennykh strukturakh i prinimavshikh uchastie v boevykh deystviyakh. V otlichie ot politicheskikh partiy, veteranskie organizatsii ne presleduyut svoey tsel'yu priobretenie politicheskogo vesa, no v to zhe vremya oni yavlyayutsya real'nymi liderami obshchestvennogo mneniya. V dannoy rabote provoditsya analiz etapov stanovleniya obshchestvennykh organizatsiy veteranov, nachinaya s SSSR i zakanchivaya nyneshnim vremenem. Proslezhivaetsya vzaimovliyanie etikh protsessov s protsessami formirovaniya nyneshney politicheskoy sistemy Rossii, i predlagayutsya mekhanizmy dal'neyshego vovlecheniya organizatsiy voennykh veteranov v politicheskuyu zhizn' strany. Klyuchevye slova: veterany, obshchestvennye organizatsii, voyna, boevye deystviya, voennaya sluzhba, voennaya oppozitsiya, politicheskiy protsess.