Youth as a subject of the state youth policy

The author designated topical issues of forming political potential of the younger generation in the Orel region. The attention is focused on problems of participation of the younger generation in realization of the state youth policy at the regional level. Structural elements of the mechanism of formation and realization of youth policy in the Orel region are presented. The paper generalized problems of realization and development of prospects of the state youth policy in the region. The integrative factors promoting the development of potential of youth as the full participant of the state youth policy in the territorial subjects of the Russian Federation are revealed.