The article deals with the problems of implementing the ideas of patriotic upbringing. The author analyzes the implementation of the tasks of patriotic upbringing in the conditions of “new normality” in 2020. It is emphasized that in the situation of accelerated transition to distance learning and the use of online platforms, upbringing issues were not among the priorities, which revealed a contradiction between the tasks that Russian education sets for itself and practice. The article identifies three types of educational tasks: the tasks of forming educational content; tasks of involving children and young people in active intellectual, creative, socially active patriotic activities; tasks of preparing parents and teachers to implement the ideas of patriotic upbringing. It is considered how these tasks are implemented in projects of patriotic orientation. As an example, the regional patriotic project implemented in the Sverdlovsk region is considered. The conclusion is made about the prospects of patriotic upbringing in modern conditions.