Abstract: The object of this research is the legislation in the field of patriotic education as a social phenomenon that is important for normal existence and further development of the society. The subject of this research is the state of legislation in the field of patriotic education in modern Russian society and directions for its improvement. The relevance of rapid improvement of legislation in the sphere of patriotic education increases. According to the statistical data for eight years, the number of the convicted of offences against the foundations of constitutional system and homeland security has grown by more than six times. The scientific novelty consists in the analysis of the vectors of improving legislation pertinent to patriotic education. The author provides the statistical information that confirms the relevance of the study. This article is first to identify the issues existing in the indicated sphere. The concept of “Constitutional Patriotism” developed by J. Habermas is examined. The main conclusion lies the statement that the implementation of this concept settles the question of correlation between the patriotic ideology and the positions of the Article 32 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.  

Abstract:  The subject of the research is the activity of prosecution authorities aimed at supervision over patriotic education of young people as well as compliance with the legal acts that regulate the aforesaid activity. The object of the research is the legal relations arising in the course of organisation and performance of prosecutor's supervision over observation of laws in the sphere of patriotic education of the youth. The aim of the research is to develop theoretical provisions and recommendations of the legal, organisational, and methodological nature that would be aimed at increasing efficiency of prosecutor's supervision over patriotic education of the youth. The methodological basis of the research implies a set of general and special research methods. The main metho is the dialectical analysis. In addition, the author has applied such methods as analysis, synthesis, questionnaire survey, generalisation, comparison, statistical, logical and formal law analysis. The scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the present research is one of the first to study prosecutor's supervision over observation of laws on the patriotic education of the youth and develop the issue theoretically and practically. The author defines the tasks of prosecutor's supervision over patriotic education, in particular, arrange for the monitoring over the legal base of patriotic education and elimination of gaps in the legal regulation thereof; adoption of measures of prosecutor's response; and enforcement of the requirements of the Federal Law No. 14 'Concerning Military Duty and Militar Service' by the means of prosecutor's supervision.