Abstract
The subject of the study is the state of youth patriotic organizations in the Novosibirsk and Kemerovo regions. The paper considers various types of existing patriotic organizations, their organizational and legal forms, main activities, goals and objectives, types of implemented activities. The analysis of the current state of the patriotic movement in these subjects of the Russian Federation is given, the general characteristics and regional peculiarities in the system and structure of patriotic education are revealed.