VALUE ORIENTATIONS OF RUSSIAN YOUTH

In this article on the basis of analysis of sociological, cultural, philosophical concepts there are three main approaches to the definition of value. Sociocultural approach allowed us to identify the value as an element of a society's culture. According to this approach, values and ideals form orientated person in the world and mo- tivated to action. The main part of the article is based on the results of sociological research conducted by au- thors, on which bases was found a number of laws. Author applies perfectly-typological approach for the con- struction of social and cultural patterns of value orientations with a specific socio-cultural code. Authors also examined the concept of social types among the latest research. According to N. I. Lapin concept, author comes to the conclusion that in conditions of transformation processes in society, social types reflect social changes