Patriotism as the national idea in the context of spiritual and moral development of the modern youth

Patriotism is not just the modern trend of the state policy, but also the value that can be considered as a consolidating basis of the society, a vector of the spiritual and moral education and development of the youth. The article analyses the data of the latest sociological researches on the level of spiritual and moral development of the modern youth of Russia and their civil and patriotic values.