The article presents an analysis of the patriotic education of youth in the Arctic region of the Kola Arctic on the example of the training of children and adolescents in the state regional educational and methodological Center for military-patriotic education of youth “Avangard” and in the commercial Center for civil-patriotic education “To live in the North”. Both Centers were opened on the initiative of the Governor of the Murmansk region to implement the idea of patriotic education, cohesion of the population, preservation of historical memory and ensuring the sovereignty and security of citizens of the Russian state. The negative and positive aspects of the work of the Centers have been identified, shortcomings and ways to eliminate them have been identified.