The youth nationalism in the contemporary Russian society

In the article the socio-psychological, socio-economic, cultural and historical factors in the development of the youth nationalist sentiment in the modern Russian society are explored on the basis of 2010-2013 materials. The authors analyzed the level of the young people's involvement into nationalist organizations and their structure. Also consistency in the realization of their strategies is researched. A classification of nationalist organizations into ultra-nationalistic and moderate is given. The characteristics of each type organizations and their examples are provided. Possible preventive ways and means to curb the youth involvement into different nationalistic organizations are scrutinized as well.