CIVIC EDUCATION IN RUSSIA
The Author describes the essence of the state program of Patriotic education of citizens in Russia. Particular attention is drawn to those activities that allow civic education educational institutions, children's and youth organizations, within which there is spiritual and moral formation of children and youth, preparing them for independent life. The paper also presents an analysis of the purposes and values of the development strategy of education for strengthening Russian civil consciousness and spiritual community of the multinational people of the Russian Federation (the Russian nation) in the Russian Federation in 2015-2025 and the deficiencies noted in the system of civic education in Russia.