Abstract
The article concentrates on the study of the current state of the regional systems of patriotic education in Omsk and Tomsk Regions. Based on the data of a mass survey of senior schoolchildren and information about patriotic education carried out in the regions, the article assesses both the degree of youth involvement in patriotic projects and the effectiveness of various approaches to patriotism shaping. The analysis of the existing structure of subjects of patriotic education and regional patriotic event and project contents has allowed us both to conclude that military training and patriotic education, as well as other militarized educational approaches dominate in the regions, and to highlight the trend of centralizing the system of patriotic education and predominance of federal organizations influence on educational institutions.