HISTORICAL MEMORY AS AN INDICATOR OF SOCIAL HEALTH OF MODERN RUSSIAN YOUTH (As exemplified by sociological researches in the Altai Region)
The article provides a brief analysis of the structure and functions of historical memory. The author singles out the peculiarities of historical memory in the system of indicators of the social health of young people. The examples of the results of sociological research explain the inextricable relationship between the process of formation and functioning of the historical memory of youth with the process of preserving their social health. The directions of formation of the historical memory of the younger generation in the current conditions of the development of Russian society are revealed.