SUMMARY
The article contains the results of a study of the nature and main characteristics of the national-patriotic upbringing. The study was conducted by studying and analyzing the latest regulations and publications, related issues and identifying the nature of the main characteristics of the national-patriotic upbringing. The author of the article presents the results of scientific analysis, conclusions about the need to develop formation technologies of national-patriotic education of students at schools.National-patriotic upbringing is a complex of personality traits and actual result, achieved by an individual or collective in the process of national-patriotic upbringing, manifested in the ability and willingness to be realized as an individual and collective in the service to the Motherland: learning the experience of cognitive activity by a student involves the formation of patriotic knowledge and ideas; mastering the experience of emotional and value relationships by a student means the formation of patriotic feelings, values, beliefs; mastering the student's practical experience is manifested in the implementation of patriotic knowledge and ideas, values and beliefs in patriotic behavior and activities.The essence of national-patriotic upbringing, in our opinion, is the students' learning of the experience of cognitive activity, emotional-value relationships and effective practical experience, which are manifested in the ability and willingness to be realized as an individual and collective in the activity for the benefit of the Motherland.The article can be recommended for publication in a specialized journal.