Levashov V.K., Grebnyak O.V., Novozhenina O.P. (2021) Images of the future in the consciousness of Russian youth: value orientations, digital innovation and socio-political expectations. Bulletin of the South-Russian State Technical University (NPI) Series Socio-Economic Sciences. Vol. 14. No 2. Pp. 104-120. https: ... Levashov V.K., Grebnyak O.V., Novozhenina O.P. (2021) Images of the future in the consciousness of Russian youth: value orientations, digital innovation and socio-political expectations. Bulletin of the South-Russian State Technical University (NPI) Series Socio-Economic Sciences. Vol. 14. No 2. Pp. 104-120. https://doi.org/10.17213/2075-2067-2021-2-104-120.ISSN 2075-2067DOI 10.17213/2075-2067-2021-2-104-120РИНЦ: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=45555170Posted on site: 04.07.21Текст статьи на сайте журнала URL: https://vestnik.npi-tu.ru/index.php/vestnikSRSTU/article/view/1055 (дата обращения 04.07.2021)AbstractThe purpose of sociological research, the results of which are summarized in the article, was to study the ideas of Russian youth about the fundamental principles and possible ways of development of Russian society and the state, value orientations and socio-political expectations. Research methodology. The analysis is based on sociological methods. The collection of primary sociological information was carried out within the framework of the all-Russian sociological survey «Where are you going, Russia?», conducted with the participation of the authors in December 2020. The materials of the sociological monitoring of the Russian society «How are you, Russia?», which has been carried out with the participation of the authors over the past twenty-eight years, with tracking the dynamics of constantly observed indicators also were used. Results of the research. The image of the future in the mass consciousness of Russian citizens and individual age cohorts was measured using original sociological indicators that allow us to represent the structure of fundamental beliefs and the nature of transformations of citizens’ judgments and opinions about the current aspects of the life of Russian society and its probable future.