By the order of the so-called "Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea", the "State budgetary educational institution of additional education of the Republic of Crimea – Regional center for training for military service and military and patriotic upbringing" was established. The official abbreviated name of the organization is Krympatriotcenter.

Activities of the Center are fully controlled by the occupation authorities of Crimea. According to the charter, the center is founded by the Republic of Crimea  while the so-called "Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of the Republic of Crimea" appoints its head, develops and approves the state targets for this organization.

Overall objective and core activities of the Krympatriotcenter are also detailed: "promotion of a sense of patriotism and pride for Russia among the teenagers and youth, their military and patriotic upbringing, basic defense training courses, basic military service training in educational institutions and training facilities." The organization is but a cog in the Russian education system that aims to enhance the prestige of the service in the army and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation and to motivate the young people to join the military.

The center also happens to be the founder of the so-called "Crimean regional branch of the Yunarmiya" (the Young Army), another organization that has been promoting military propaganda among children since its inception on 09/01/2016.

The Krympatriotcenter is responsible for the general organization of military propaganda events. Meanwhile, the Young Army and other similar organizations (various tourist and cossack clubs actively emerging in the temporarily occupied Crimea) are implementing the programs prepared by the Center. In Sevastopol alone, in February 2021, the numerical strength of the Young Army was estimated at 10,000, and there are grand total of 805,000 Young Army members in the Russian Federation.

In addition to the Krympatriotcenter, other structures are gradually joining the organization of such events. For example, the Voluntary Union of Assistance to the Army, Air Force and Navy of the Russian Federation (DOSAAF) contributed to the Young Army Frontier event, held from June 25 to June 30, 2018 with involvement of the Young Army squads and children's militaristic organizations of Krasnogvardiyske and Simferopol raions of the Republic of Crimea. This assembly at the air force facility in the village of Gvardiyske was attended by 60 children. They lived in the barracks for six days under the supervision of the sergeants. Children were allowed to shoot a variety of small firearms: assault rifles, pistols and sniper rifles. They took tactical, combat, fire, fitness and military paramedical training courses, as well as classes in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense.

In August 2019, Krympatriotcenter held a specialized Young Army shift at the Alye Parusa Children's Health Center in Yevpatoria. For 21 days, children attended specialized classes where they took firearms training, studied the "ideologically correct" history of Russia, tactics and strategy of military operations. The Young Army soldiers were traditionally taught to understand the intricacies of the design of modern small arms, how to take diassemble and assemble the AK-74 assault rifle, how to put on a gas mask and how to navigate an obstacle course.

In September 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Young Army got together for yet another assembly with the unchanged "recreation" program for the children.

In addition to military training, Krympatriotcenter makes arrangements for the so-called military sports games involving dozens and hundreds of children. Regardless of the format of the competition, the participants are required to have skills in firearms handling and a certain level of tactical training. For example, a military sports game called Orlyonok (the eaglet) took place in March 2021 at the Yalta secondary school No. 11, where ten schools sent their teams to show off their skills in drill training, field medicine and overcoming the obstacle course.

Grand total of 40 such events have taken place in Crimea since 2016 when the Krympatriotcenter commenced its activities, including: military training of children, military sports games, the so-called lessons of patriotism, exhibitions of weapons, demonstration performances of the Russian military and so on. However, only less than half of the events were held from 2016 to 2019. After the quarantine break from March to July 2020, the Krympatriotcenter has been increasingly active.