Scientific-methodical support of patriotic education in the Kirov region

The article notes that the content of education has to promote mutual understanding and cooperation between people, to consider a variety of world outlook approaches, to promote realization of student’s right. Therefore in modern conditions, civil and patriotic education gains the special importance when forming the Russian civil identity. The author considers key concepts: civic education, civil education, patriotic education, the Russian civil identity with a support on standard and legal documents. Then the article discusses the key directions of scientific and methodical maintenance by subject domains department of education development Institute of Kirov region of civil and patriotic education and education in the region are characterized.