The paper analyzes studies on continuing education, explains the concept of "continuity of patriotic education and moral development by means of regional culture", determines the uniqueness of regional culture as the core of patriotic education and moral development, and characterizes the model of continuity of patriotic education and moral development. The practical value of the paper is that its results could be used to develop the cultural potential of Russian regions. The results can also be used by the Federal districts administration, subjects of the Russian Federation, interregional cooperation associations, transnational companies, and governmental agencies that deal with the development of regional culture in Russia, in particular, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation, and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The importance of regionalization as the key factor in the improvement of patriotic education and moral development was substantiated based on the analysis of ways of overcoming discontinuity of patriotic education and moral development. This enables evaluating the significance of the potential of regional schools and higher educational institutions and their effect on the formation of an individual’s worldview.

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