Youth values orientation dynamics in conditions of social and economic changes

The results of decennial (1994-2003 years) study of values orientation dynamics of students in conditions of social and economic changes in Russia in the late 90-th of the 20-th century and at the beginning of the 21-st century are presented. The comparative analysis of values orientation structures of senior schoolboys/girls and students in the periods just after sharp socio-economic crisis (after 1992-93ys - 1994 y. "shear" and after 1998-1999y. "shear") and in the periods of relative socio-economic living conditions stabilization (1997, 2001 and 2003 years) was carried out.