Young People In Russia Research Articles

МОЛОДЕЖНЫЙ ПРОТЕСТ: РИСКИ, ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ, ПОСЛЕДСТВИЯ

The article is devoted to the possibilities and directions of youth participation in politics. The text criticizes the approach when an engagement in an opposition's protest considered as a destructive phenomenon at all. An author used conception of agonistic democracy by Chantal Mouffe to show the importance of the different ways of including youth people in politics throughout the different ideological pole. The article provides examples of protest behaviour of youth people who caused a resonance in the media. The main question raised by the author are there enough legal channels in modern Russian society for citizens to be involved in politics and to order to avoid the radicalization of public sentiment? In addition, an attempt is being made to highlight the problem of the special distinction between the “young people” category when analyzing protest actions. The phrase “Protest students” is often used in the context of the failure of the protest itself to show that its members were victims of alien influence, and in the administrative legislation of the Russian Federation appeared the wording “engaging minors” in participation in unauthorized actions. The author uses the approach of T. R. Garr, trying the importance of having social elevators and ways to influence the political system to avoid rising protest sentiment. The author refers to a some surveys conducted by the Center for Economic and Political Reforms, the Levada Center, the State Institute of Management. According to these surveys, young people in Russia have little involvement in politics and little interest in political processes. According to a survey by the Levada Center “Planning Horizon of the Future”, the majority of Russians do not plan their future, due to the unstable social situation, that is shown grows up the deprivation level. Based on the analysis of a number of reports of the DIA-info portal, which check detentions during public events. The author concludes that in recent years participation in public events has become much more difficult, starting from coordinating an application for a public event, ending with an increase in fines for participating in an unauthorized action. In addition, tightened control over statements on the Internet. Finally, the author concludes that modern youth may not have enough channels for constructive dialogue with the government, which contributes to its radicalization. To solve this problem, the author suggests that it is necessary to increase the involvement of young people in politics, and not to rely on repressive and prohibitive measures.

Features of the adaptation of foreign students to the process studying at a Russian university

This article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of adaptation of foreign students to the learning process in Russian universities. Adaptation of students to the University is considered as a process of their adaptation to the conditions of the University, to new methods and forms of education, to the norms of the student body and to future professional activities. Foreign students are representatives of different cultures and, in this regard, may differ greatly from Russian young people, so the process of their adaptation has its own characteristics. This point is very important for University teachers to understand and take into account. How the process of adaptation of a foreign student will take place depends on the effectiveness of his/her education at the University, mastering the future profession. The success of adaptation is determined by many objective and subjective factors. The language barrier was identified as one of the main difficulties for foreign students: more than half of the students of the Yakovlev state University have great difficulties communicating in Russian. The process of adaptation of students is influenced by the level of development of adaptability. In the course of the research, the diagnostics of foreign students' adaptability was carried out, for this purpose, the methods "self-Assessment of psychological adaptability" and "Assessment of emotional and activity adaptability" were used. The research was conducted at the I.Ya. Yakovlev Chuvash state pedagogical University. After processing and analyzing the results, the author concludes that the adaptability of most students is at a low level of development. At the same time, there are more girls with low socio-psychological adaptation than boys. In addition, a method was conducted aimed at studying the level of students ' anxiety. The analysis of the data showed that there is a link between the level of anxiety and the level of adaptability: the higher the anxiety indicators, the lower the adaptability indicators. In conclusion, it is concluded that more than half of foreign students experience difficulties related to adaptation to higher education.

Mental Mapping as a Method for Studying Borders and Bordering in Young People’s Territorial Identifications

ABSTRACT This paper analyzes and compares two mental mapping studies – one with young people (aged 16–19) in Finland and one with Finnish and Russian young people (aged 9–15) in the Finnish-Russian borderland. These studies show that mental mapping is a valuable method which can illuminate crucial aspects of how borders and bordering are related to young people’s territorial identifications. We argue that it is important to pay special attention to the research methodology, including the mapping scale and the complementary data collection methods, as these determine what aspects of borders and bordering in young people’s territorial identifications can be discovered, and how profoundly identification processes can be studied with mental maps. This paper contributes to the theoretical discussion on borders and territorial identity by visualizing the complexity of how borders and territorial identifications are intertwined, and how young people engage in the social, cultural and mental construction of borders and the negotiation of territorial identities. The paper enriches the mental mapping methodology by demonstrating two different ways mental maps can be used for studying young people’s territorial identifications.

Psychological and Ethnocultural Sensitivities in the Perception of COVID-19 Memes by Young People in Russia and China

Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought dramatic changes to all spheres of life. These changes have triggered an immediate response from the media, including social media, which repeatedly posts not only up-to-date information about this most relevant issue, but also users’ reactions to it, including Internet memes. Objective. The research presented in this article focused on comparing the psychological and ethnocultural sensitivities in the perception of COVID-19memes by young people in Russia and China. Design. The selected sample contained 108 respondents (n = 108), comprised of 50 Chinese and 58 Russian university students. The study consisted of two procedures: a survey and a student’s t-test on the perception of specific Internet memes. Results. The main results were that memes which evoke a positive response from the respondents and cheer them up were scored the highest. Such qualities as relevance, kindness, cheerfulness, creativity, meaningfulness, and thought-provoking ability were rated high. Each group of respondents gave a higher score to “our own” memes and a lower score to the other group’s memes. It is generally typical of the Chinese to have a more positive perception of reality. We ascertained a tendency towards polarization of opinions and focus on individualization among the Russian respondents, whereas the Chinese respondents strove for orderliness and consensus. Conclusion. As a whole, COVID-19 memes in such ethnoculturally different audiences as the Russians and Chinese serve a compensatory function for young people, helping them overcome the hardships of the pandemic through the memes’ relevance and creative character.

Severity of hardiness in young people in Russia and Israel in the situation of self-isolation of the period of prevaling coronavirus

Background. The COVID-19 virus has created a global situation of unpredictability, uncertainty and crisis. Each person lived through the period of self-isolation in different ways. Hardiness, as well as belonging to a particular country plays an important role as a personal resource in this adaptation The objective of the study was a comparative analysis of the severity of hardiness in young people in a situation of self-isolation during the spread of coronavirus in Russia and Israel. We assumed as a hypothesis that the level of hardiness in Russia and Israel would be comparable, due to the approximately equal number of factors (in all their variety) of instability, especially in a situation of an additional distress factor – the COVID-19 pandemic. Design. The research was carried out through Internet resources. The sample consisted of 40 people: 20 from Russia (8 men and 12 women) and 20 from Israel (10 men and 10 women). The age of the subjects ranged from 25 to 40 years (the average age of Russians is 29.1, the average age of Israelis is 31.8). Psycho-diagnostics of hardiness was carried out using S.Maddi’s Hardiness Test (translation and adaptation by D.A. Leontiev, E.I. Rasskazova). Results. It was revealed that the general level of hardiness and its three separate components (“involvement”, “control”, “risk taking”) is slightly higher among young people in Israel than among citizens of Russia. Statistically significant differences (Uemp = 64 (Ucr = 114 at p ≤ 0.01; 138 at p ≤ 0.05) were found only in terms of “risk taking”. Conclusions. The hypothesis that there are significant differences in the level of hardiness among young people living in Russia and Israel during the period of selfisolation was partially confirmed. The components of “involvement”, “control” and the general level of hardiness are just slightly higher in residents of Israel than those of Russia, but the component of “risk taking” is significantly higher in residents of Israel.

Peculiarities of manifestation of innovation potential among young people of Russia and Kazakhstan

The subject of this research is the innovation potential and psychological resistance of young people with various degree of involvement in entrepreneurial activity. The authors provide the results of study focused on determination intergroup discrepancies of indicated phenomenon in different sampling frame (from Russia and Kazakhstan). The article also presents the results of worth with high school students, who make first tryouts in entrepreneurship and view this activity as their future profession. Special attention is paid to the form in which the work was conducted: a business game on the basis of Business Forum for youth. The following methods were applied in the course of research:  G. Hofstede’s value assessment technique; R. Inglehart’s modified value survey; E. Y. Mandrikova’s self-organization of activity questionnaire; D. A. Leontiev’s “Differential Test of Reflection”; E. Diener’s satisfaction with life scale; S. Maddy’s viability test; D. McLain’s Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance (MSTAT-I); K. M. Sheldon’s/J. C. Hilpert’s BMPN (balanced measure of psychological needs) method; D. Jackson’s PDF (personality research form) method; R. McCrae’s/P.Costa’s “Openness” scale B5; N. M. Lebedeva’s/A. N. Tatarko’s Scale of self-esteem of innovation personality traits. The conclusion is made that the participants from Karaganda (Kazakhstan) have higher innovation potential and level of psychological resistance that the high school students from Tomsk Region of Russia. The young people from Kazakhstan are more motivated towards development and have conscious perception of the choice of their professional activity. The participants from Russia also show preparedness for development, but certain deficits that may serve as a barrier were determined: reduced interest to own activity, low level of orientation towards environment.

Psychological time as a predictor of economic mind: Evidence from Russia and Japan

Today, in the conditions of virtual space, a huge flow of information, accelerating subjective time are taking place in everyday life including the economic sphere. Economic mind in the context of globalization reflects the phenomena and relationships in the economic sphere that exist not only in the real market, but also in the virtual world of goods and services. In this regard, the scientific interest is the question of how ideas about time change in the global society, and what role they play in the shaping of the economic mind of an individual. The purpose of the study is to determine what characteristics of psychological time predict the features of the economic mind of young people in Russia and Japan. In the study (N=540), a more systematic determination of the economic mind of the Japanese was revealed, including not only orientation toward the future, but also taking into account past experience, as well as feelings in the present. In the formation of economic attitudes, Russian students are more oriented toward their future. The affective component of psychological time makes a greater contribution to the shaping of economic attitudes (the value of independent economic achievements, activity in the banking sector, etc.) of the Russian students, and the cognitive component - for Japanese students. This fact indicates a less serious relation to economic realities of the students in Russia compared to the Japanese.

PEDAGOGICAL THEORY OF PROJECTIVITY OF INITIATIVE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

The paper starts a series of articles outline the author’s views on term system of theory of projectivity of initiative social and cultural activities and disclose complicated system of subjects, functions, principles of projects activity and measures for promoting social and creative projects in youth voluntary work and youth government that the author numbers along the most important civil initiatives for the today’s Russian young people. On the author’s opinion, theoretical and methodological basis for research in projecting process took shape by the beginning of the 21st century as a result of synthesis of philosophical, social, cultural, naturalistic, technical and technological components. For now, the issue about structure, functions of projects initiative activity considered as a sort of social and cultural activities still has not answered with a lack of definition of actors, structure, functions of social and cultural activities as well as without carefully elaborated term “social and cultural activities”. The article outlines the author’s thoughts concerning the key senses of this scientific conceptual object from the points of view of social and cultural methodological approach in cultural studies, ideas of anthropogenesis from philosophical anthropology, and ideas of cultural micro dynamics.

Современные задачи воспитания подростков и молодежи в социально-культурном контексте

The article deals with modern problems of improving educational work with modern Russian teenagers and young people who are experiencing negative effects of the consequences of long-term social instability and the loss of social guidelines for spiritual and moral development. The purpose of the article is to determine the current and modern directions of educational work with adolescents and young people. Research methods are analysis of sources, analysis and generalization of modern practical experience of pedagogical and socio-pedagogical activities, including the experience of the authors themselves. The authors identify the main characteristic features of modern socio-cultural problems of education of adolescents and young people, causing the need to change the strategy of educational activities. These problems are rooted in the absence of a coherent national idea supported by society, without which the constructive theses of the "Fundamentals of the state youth policy of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025" are poorly integrated into educational practice. The authors prove the significance of the problem of social and civic passivity, the lack of psychological and pedagogical support for personal self-determination in society, spontaneous cultural practices of adolescents and young people, and the decrease in their motivation for socially significant goals, priorities of professional and personal growth. The article determines significance of shifting existing decisions and initiatives about the career guidance into a practice-oriented, rather than formal. The authors provide some factual information about the insufficiently high level of communicative culture of many teachers, which hinders effective educational work with adolescents and youth, often causing conflicts and provoking a nihilistic attitude of adolescents and youth to the directed educational process. The authors prove the need to abandon the formal attitude of the pedagogical community to educational work, the importance of correcting the priorities of education, applying new ideological incentives, creating a system of psychological and pedagogical support for self-determination and strengthening the aesthetic education of adolescents and young people. The authors render the need to create a fundamentally new psychovaleological direction of educational work with adolescents and young people in the pedagogical process of educational institutions and in a broad socio-pedagogical context.

Happy Family Representation: a Cross-Cultural Analysis of Russian and Mongolian Youth

This paper presents an empirical study of representations of Russian and Mongolian youth about a happy family. The research featured 120 young Russian and Mongolian people (age: 18–30). The results were obtained using Charles Osgood’s semantic differential method, Sacks and Levy’s sentence completion test, and various questionnaires. Factorial, cluster, and qualitative analyses were used to process the results. The study revealed some ethnic and gender differences regarding the concept of "happy family". Russian and Mongolian youth appear to follow different ideal models. For Mongolian youth, a happy family was a "large family" and "parental family". For Russian women, a happy family was one with few children, while for Russian men demonstrated opposite views. Therefore, in contrast to Mongolia, the family institution in Russia is developing modern ideas about a happy family life. Mongolian youth use their parents’ family as a model to follow, while Russian young people follow the role models promoted by the media. However, the romantic ideas about marriage were quite similar in both groups.

Агенты социально-коммуникативного воздействия на формирование образовательных стратегий нового поколения молодежи России

The research was conducted at the intersection of such subject fields as sociology of youth, sociology of education and sociology of communication. The paper analyzes a new generation of young peo-ple born at the very turn of the century and socializ-ing in the context of digitalization and mediatization of a society where significant socio-economic and sociocultural changes took place, in particular, man-ifested in the growing tendency of a contradictory attitude towards higher education. The main aim of the research is to identify the most prominent sub-jects of communicative impact on development of educational strategies of modern young people in Russia in the period when they complete their high school education, as well as bachelor’s or master’s degree programs. As a result of an empirical research there are identified main communicative sources that influence educational strategies both during an extended period of their development and at a final stage of constructing such strategies for a short term. The study also defines a diverse role of parents in the development and choice of educa-tional strategies of modern Russian young people at the end of a consecutive stage of their education. The data obtained concretize a socio-communicative portrait of the new generation of Russian youth in the conditions of digitalization and mediatization of the society, the growth of uncer-tainty and risk.

The Types of Religious Identity of Chechen Students

Introduction. In connection with the growth of religious consciousness of young people in Russia, the study of their religious identity is being updated. Scientists pay special attention to Islamic denominations, as both in Western countries and in the Russian Federation, the number of Muslims is increasing. However, scientific publications cover mainly sociological aspects of the problem, and its psychological component remains insufficiently investigated, which largely determines the social behaviour of a person and affects the process of his or her socialisation. In view of the interest shown by the scientific community in Arab-Muslim culture, appropriate psychological research should be carried out in Muslim-dominated regions. The Chechen Republic is one of such territories in the Russian Federation.The aim is to identify the characteristics and types of religious identity of Chechen students.Methodology and research methods. The study was performed in the framework of socio-psychological approach using the following questionnaires: “Scale of Religious Orientation” by G. Allport, D. Ross; “Structure of Individual Religiosity” by Y. V. Shcherbatykh; questionnaires developed by A. N. Tatarko and N. M. Lebedeva for the study of certainty and valence of ethnic identity and readiness for interethnic interaction; “Types of Ethnic Identity” by G. U. Soldatova and S. V. Ryzhova.Results and scientific novelty. It is revealed that the majority of Chechen students are characterised by consistently internal religious orientation, in which religion is the main value and primary motive of activity. Almost a quarter of respondents demonstrated consistently external religious orientation, characterised by instrumental or external significance. A small group of respondents can be classified as inconsistently religious, whose external religiosity prevails over the internal, and their motivation for behaviour is poorly connected with religion. On the basis of the factor analysis, the types of religious identity of Chechen students are revealed: ethno-cultural, true Muslim, formal, pro-social, non-adaptive, nonreligious, ethnocentric and positive ethnic. The present study evidences that the structure of social identity of students is dominated by ethno-cultural religious identity.Practical significance. The research results extend the knowledge about the content of the concept of “religious identity”, its place in the structure of social identity of the individual, as well as about the relationship of religious orientations with ethnic identity.

The Relationship of Youth Family Values with Hedonism and Eudemonia

Introduction. A notable trend in modern society is the transformation of family institution, which has long been considered the most important social and personal value. The change of attitudes of young people towards marriage in Russia is slower than in Europe; however, this process is becoming more obvious today and there is an urgent need to study it. So far, very little research has been carried out. In psychology and other social sciences, it is widely believed that the family formation is hampered by a hedonistic worldview. However, it is well known that the family provides the opportunities to meet many important human needs. This contradiction has prompted the direction of the present research.The aim of this research is to empirically investigate whether there is the conflict of the perceptions of the Russian young people about family values and hedonic and eudemonic orientations.Methodology and research methods. The empirical research was conducted using K. Peterson’s questionnaire “Happiness Orientations”. 173 students (49% female) took part in the research project. To assess the importance of family and different family values, the authors of the present research elaborated a special questionnaire, the reliability of which was confirmed in the course of approbation. The information obtained was processed through the means of correlation, regression analysis and nonparametric statistics in Statistica 10; confirmatory factor analysis of questionnaires was performed in Mplus 7.Results. The results of path analysis of interrelations between hedonism, eudemonia and family values indicated that family values were correlated not only with the orientation to meaningful and dignified life (eudemonia), but also with the orientation to pleasure (hedonism). The orientation hedonism was higher in young women; therefore, multiple regression analysis of the relationship between the studied phenomena was conducted in separate male and female groups of respondents. The results demonstrated that the value of birth and child-rearing in women is correlated with hedonism; the general value of family in male respondents is related with eudemonia.Scientific novelty. This investigation confirms that there is no contradiction between hedonism and family values. The research findings deduce that both eudemonic and hedonic orientations support family values, although the system of relationships between these orientations may vary according to gender. This finding expands our knowledge about hedonism and its role in modern society.Practical significance. The research results expand the understanding of hedonism and its role in modern society, clarifying the content of activities to prepare young people for family life. In order to enhance the effectiveness of such psychological and pedagogical support, one should take into account the hedonic tendencies of young people, revealing the importance of family formation in the context of personal happiness.

Формирование экологической компетентности молодежи как социальная функция системы образования

The study discusses the development of environmental competence in Russian young people in the context of their social activity. The purpose of the study is to reveal the essence of environmental competence from a sociological perspective. The methodological basis comprises the principles of the eco-humanitarian development paradigm for the culture of personality and competency-based and institutional approaches to education. The following methods have been applied: generalization, analytical and synthetic activities, questionnaire, expert interviews, and modeling. The research notes that various external and internal factors affect the development of environmental competence; they should be coordinated in the environmental education. The author emphasizes the relevance of environment-focused social practices that help tackle modern environmental contradictions, create a high level of environmental competence of young people in particular and the population in general, ensure environmental safety and social stability, prevent social and environmental conflicts and, thereby, improve the quality of life. The author shows that environmental policy plays an important role in increasing the environmental engagement of young people and developing their environmental competence.

Vigilantism Among Adolescents and Young People

ABSTRACT The article describes vigilantism among young people in contemporary Russia, characterizes the individuals predisposed to this behavior, and presents the objective and subjective factors of vigilantism. Higher rates of violence in a society are an objective condition of vigilantism. Having considered the factors of vigilantism, the article offers several measures for lowering its prevalence among Russian young people.

Отношение к мигрантам сквозь призму ценностей российской молодежи

Based on the European Social Survey data for 2016, the ranking of values shared by young people in Russia is given. The author considers the attitude of Russian youth towards migrants from the perspective of the value hierarchy. Conformity, risk-novelty, tradition – these are the three main values shared by the Russian youth. The article reveals that in all variables related to attitudes towards migrants, the majority of young people shows a negative assessment. Correlation analysis shows that the relationship of values and attitudes towards migrants of Russian youth is very weak. As a result, values are a bad explanatory factor in the assessments of Russian youth in relation to migrants.

Участие молодежи в протестных акциях в современной России как способ самоидентичности

This article is about protest sentiments of young generation in Russia and its self- and political identity in the age group between 16–30. The aim of this article is to show the relation of young people to protest actions and their participation in it. Statistics are taken from the All-Russian Public Opinion Research and the Economic and Politic realignments Centers; these are the leading analytical organizations in Russia. The Character of young people is shown from the perspective of social and psychological groups. As a result, protests affect the most on national development and future national communication policy in cooperation with young people. The article considers relevant questions of youth’s political identity, realized through participation in protest actions, realizes reasons for protest actions, and gives us a list of events, participated by young people in Russia. The main reasons for active participation are problems in such life spheres as social, economic and legal. It also should be mentioned their fewer concerns in law enforcement agencies, national and religious spheres. Therefore, it is necessary for the government to spend more finances and human resources on youth policy to accomplish the rights and interests of Russian young generation.

The role of grandmothers in the religious socialization of young adults in post-socialist Russia and Poland

ABSTRACTBuilding on the findings of the YARG project, this article examines the enduringly central role of (great) grandmothers in the religious lives and religious socialization of young adults in Russia and Poland. The article highlights the complexities involved in studying the transmission of religious beliefs and values from one generation to the next in social and cultural contexts where religious socialization was severely interrupted for entire generations, and where the religious ‘chain of memory’ to varying extents has had to be forged anew. Arguing that current theoretical perspectives on religious socialization in post-socialist contexts need to be more attentive to extended understandings of family and kin, the article focuses on the enduring influence that (great) grandmothers exert in contemporary modes of religious socialization of children and young people in Russia and Poland. In light of survey data and in-depth interviews with young adult university students in Russia and Poland, the influence of (great) grandmothers is explored in relation to three main dimensions: the inspirational, the instructive, and the supportive. The article illustrates how (great) grandmothers continue to represent a religious element in the lives of Russian and Polish young adults regardless of their own religious engagements and degrees of personal religiosity.

The impact of digital communication on Russian youth professional culture: results of a comprehensive applied study

The main problem of the research is to determine the scale, direction and effectiveness of the impact of digitalization on the formation of professional culture among Russian youth. This influence is studied in the context of the intensification of information flows in social media, the development of new formats and network communication channels, the maturation of "generation Z" whose socialization and professionalization takes place mainly online. The authors raise questions consisting in identifying the relationship of the role of socio-cultural and digital environments in the formation of professional culture of Russian youth; comparing the importance of traditional and digital communication channels used by young Russians in their professionalization; establishing the specifics of professional and socio-cultural adaptation in the conditions of intensive development of digital technologies; identifying constructive and destructive effects of digitalization in the process of assimilation of values, norms, strategies of professional behavior; analyzing formal and informal digital space of professional self-determination and development among Russia’s youth.
 The design of the study is based on a hybrid strategy of empirical analysis combining (1) a mass survey in the form of online survey on the most important channels for Russian youth, online content formats and search technologies, the content of the most popular online resources related to vocational education and self-education; (2) an expert interview which provides data on the state, trends, prospects of the impact of education digitalization on the formation of youth professional culture, the destructive impact of the digital environment on the professionalization among young people, and the anti-destructive immunities; and (3) a hall-test which allows to identify the level of Russian youth ability to differentiate digital products, to assess their adequacy, completeness, objectivity, and social significance.
 The key result of the study is the segmentation of Russian youth into the so-called "idealists", "pragmatists" and "traditionalists". The typology establishes the relationship between professional, value attitudes, online behavior strategies, as well as socio-demographic characteristics. A focus on conscious professional choice, active, voluntary and progressive professionalization ("idealists" and "pragmatists") is associated with active professional Internet communication, an ability to manage network interaction risks. On the contrary, rigidity and constraints in professional choice strategy ("traditionalists") correlate with the fragmentary nature of professional Internet communication and a lack of established anti-destructive immunities. Specific characteristics of professional, civil, socio-cultural adaptation of Russian young people and their network communications determine the nature of the anti-destructive immunities in digital environment.
 Acknowledgement. The research work is performed as part of the 2018 state task conducted by the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and titled “The impact of modern digital communications on the formation of professional culture among young people” (NIR no.42).

The National, Civic, and Ethnic Identity of Russian Young People in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): Perception Dynamics

This paper studies the levels and nature of the national, civic, and ethnic identity of Russian young people in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). We analyze identity dynamics and nature, using representative data from large-scale surveys conducted in 2012 and 2019, in addition to focus groups of Russian young people that were studied in the city of Mirny over the same years. Our research shows that the sense of civic identity in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has been diminishing both among young Russians and young Sakha. A shared home country continues to be the key integrating factor that allows young people to identify with other Russians; the importance of this factor in the eyes of Russian young people has been increasing, while the importance of other factors (such as history, culture, and a shared language) has been decreasing. The factor of living within the same territory has retained its importance. The “feeling that you are responsible for the country’s future” has been losing impact as an integrating factor, which means that, on the one hand, we can still speak of a national and civic identity based on living within the same territory, but less so of an overall civic identity. Our study shows that Russian young people have fewer consolidating ethnic identity factors than Sakha young people, although the cultural, traditional, and territorial integrators have been becoming somewhat more important over the course of 2019. By contrast, an increase in the importance of ethnic and cultural integrating factors for Sakha young people has been far more evident. Religion as an integrating factor for ethnic identity has been losing its importance for local Russian young people. The above allows us to conclude that, regardless of the current ethnic policy objectives, Russian young people in the Republic of Sakha are not becoming more consolidated based on ethnic identity. Nor is this being compensated by other identity types covered by this study, including ethnic identity. That said, the importance of ethnic and cultural factors has been on a slight rise, which is likely due to the Republic’s specific environment.