The phenomenon of personal social identity has been studied by researchers representing various research areas for a long time, which has helped accumulate an essential fund of knowledge on these topics. At the same time, cultural and historical changes that had resulted in scientific paradigm shifts underlay the necessity of considering the problematic area of the social identity of individuals within changing contexts, such as cultural, historical or scientific environments. Following the researchers, our authoring team has prepared the present monograph on the problems in characterizing the youth identity configurations at the current stage of Russia’s and global development.