Valuable orientations of the youth (in the Perm region)

There is a specificity of value orientations of the generation of youth -this is the main suppose of this article. The study was conducted in the Perm region in 2017 using the methodology «Sociocultural portraits of Russia’s regions». The analysis of the results made it possible to establish that the main contradictions between generations are observed with regard to value orientations: freedom, independence, self-sacrifice, work (labor). Value orientations to the preservation of life and the establishment of good family and friendships constitute the integrating core of the hierarchy of values of the young generation.