This article is devoted to understanding the problem of the formation of a nationally oriented elite in the Russian Federation and the place of the heroes of the Special Military Operation in it. At the beginning of the article, the author describes the “mixed” form of exercising state power Polybius, as a traditional political system for Russia, in the return to which, in his opinion, lies in the future and the success of political transformations of V.V. Putin. After that, the author turns to the analysis and description of the elements from which nationally oriented forces and the elite are formed in a particular state: a national leader, a nationally oriented ruler, aristocracy and demos. The article also describes and analyzes the elements that form the backbone of anti-national (anti-system) forces and quasi-elites: the “fifth column”, anti-system, tyrant, oligarchies, crowd (masses). Then the features of the functioning of the modern Russian elite and the problems associated with the need for its urgent recovery and renewal are distinguished.

The author draws the attention of readers that for the further successful promotion of the policy of V.V. Putin to gain the Russian Federation full state sovereignty, the national leader and head of state need to receive support and support for a certain social layer. Such a layer is the heroes and veterans of the Special Military Operation as a kind of backbone, which has begun to form at present a new national-oriented elite — its future aristocracy and demos.