The article analyzes the attitude of young people to the representatives of the peoples of the North Caucasus region and Central Asia, living in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region and factors of their formation. Analyzed the relationship between the concepts and ekstrimizm conflict, ethnic conflict in the context of the theory of ethnic groups. Attempts to identify the objective and subjective reasons for the formation of youth behaviors ekstrimistskogo sense.

The article analyzes the attitude of young people to the representatives of the peoples of the North Caucasus region and Central Asia, living in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region and factors of their formation. Analyzed the relationship between the concepts and ekstrimizm conflict, ethnic conflict in the context of the theory of ethnic groups. Attempts to identify the objective and subjective reasons for the formation of youth behaviors ekstrimistskogo sense.