Self-Realization of the Youth in Rural Regions: Features, State and Prospects

The article presents the results of a sociological research of modern rural youth in the Krasnodar region on the basis of in-depth interviews. The author analyzes the peculiarities of self-realization of young villagers under the conditions of socio-economic stagnation in rural areas. In particular, attention is focused on young people’s start-up opportunities in employment, on their migration purposes, and employment prospects in the village.

self-realization, rural youth, social mobility, factors of social mobility, risk society