According to the results of two author's sociological studies by the method of questioning and in-depth interviews conducted among students of the Kazakhstan Peoples' Friendship University named after A. Kuatbekov (KUDN), Shymkent, a low level of legal culture of Kazakhstani students was revealed. This is accompanied by the following features: interest in legal issues and a general understanding of the complex situation with the protection of the rights of citizens who border on mistrust and a low culture of recourse to human rights structures; scepticism about changes in the political and legal field; low civic engagement, passivity and ignoring situations related to the violation of rights; legal nihilism. These features indicate, among other things, that the system for protecting the rights of citizens is unstable in the country, civil society has not been fully formed, an effective system for improving legal culture and disseminating high-quality legal information has not yet been developed, and a mechanism for applying legal knowledge in practice has not been formed. All this significantly complicates the process of formation and improvement of the legal culture of students in the future and slows down the development of civil society.

Social fears as an element of social consciousness are determined by social relations, the permanent change of which causes the transformation of social fears, which actualizes their theoretical study and improvement of empirical research tools. In the article, the author carried out a theoretical analysis of the main approaches to the concept of social fears in domestic and foreign scientific publications. The variety of definitions of the studied social phenomenon in social and humanitarian knowledge is revealed and the absence of its unified interpretation is proved. It is substantiated that the concept of social fear correlates in studies with the concept of social well-being, in connection with which the author analyzes the main theoretical positions regarding the latter. It is shown that social fear is considered by scientists as one of the determinants of social well-being and its indicator. The author identified three main areas of analysis of the studied phenomenon in science: in the context of catastrophic consciousness, in the riskological aspect and in connection with the theory of social trauma. At the end of the article, the author's interpretation of social fear is offered.

The research work examines the features of youth policy in the formation of civic culture among the modern generation. A survey was conducted among KFU students, during which we learned about the main reasons for youth participation in civil-patriotic events. The results of the study show that the Internet has a great influence on today's youth

The article deals with the transformation of gender inequality under the influence of informatization, which is manifested by the spread of remote technologies and alternative forms of employment. Based on the analysis of statistical data on the registration of the self-employed and differences in income levels in Russian society, gender differences were identified. The results of a qualitative study of self-employed interviews show the differences in the strategy of career orientations and social advancement of men and women.

The article examines the increasing impact of national and demographic factors on the consumer behavior of the Russian population. The analysis of the direction and scale of the impacts of these factors is carried out, their classification is presented. The paper substantiates that each new external influence reduces the relevance of existing ones and increases the demand for new consumer strategies. It is emphasized that in the conditions of a digital society, control over the total consumer actions is strengthened and makes them open to commodity producers. Based on the materials of a sociological study, it was revealed that the mass media are currently experiencing a renaissance and are an effective tool for influencing the consumer behavior of the Russian population. It is shown that in the system of factors of influence, while maintaining traceable trends, new factors may appear that will become dominant in influencing the consumer behavior of the Russian population

The article is devoted to solving the problem of studying the content of historical memory. The subject of the analysis is the concept of the core and periphery, which has received its recognition in natural and social-humanitiessciences. In the article, based on the use of the method of analysis of primary and secondary data of all-Russian and regional sociological research, the concepts of "core" and "periphery" of historical memory are identified, methodologically substantiated,and introduced into scientific circulation. As a result of the conducted sociological research, knowledge, values and assessments included in the "core" and "periphery" of the content of historical memory are revealed. At the theoretical level of analysis, it is established that over time, under certain political and socio-economic conditions, the content of the "core" and "periphery" may change. The author pays special attention to the state as the main socio-political institution in the formation of the historical memory of the people, and points out that the state retains the role of the main subject in the selection of the cognitive and value content of the "core" of historical memory.

Pandemia Covid-19 was impacted on everyday practices, particularly, the feeding ones were changed strongly. Some of them transformed with conditions to non-spread of this disease, a part of them did that with tendency to improve a health. In Orthodox feeding practices, that regulated with calendar and feast cycles, Church inscriptions, these changes were also implemented. To study this question is actual because fact that helps to research nutrition transformations of Orthodox youth comparing it with their opinions about the ideal nutrition and the main fears linked with harm food. The main task of this investigation is to compare the Orthodox youth opinions about harm and useful food with its factual consumption. Results interpretation based on the empirical study in 2022. They showed that Orthodox youth in their feeding practices keep to consumption of meat-milk food (“skoromnaya”), but the lean food is an ideal of useful and healthy food. As it was found out not all lean food repertoire is used to improve health by young people. Russian orthodox church opinion to prohibit usage of alcohol, tonic and energy drinks impact on that Orthodox youth thought them dangerous and did not consume them. In a whole vision Orthodox youth feeding practices in Ekaterinburg were corrected, because they represent modern tendencies of health nutrition in time of pandemia

The article highlights the specifics of the progressive transition from classical models of consumer behavior of the population to new anti-crisis macro-models determined by new factors and conditions of geopolitical and pandemic reality. Three "relevant" macro-models of consumer behavior are proposed: the socially surplus "spoiled consumer", the socio-technological "technologized consumer" and the socio-informational "informed consumer". It is proved that the geopolitical and pandemic reality in their interrelation form new trends in the structure of consumer behavior of the Russian population, including the growth of exchange processes in the consumer market. It is noted that in modern conditions it is important to take into account not only the consumption of goods and services, but also the consumption of information as a key factor of the digital society. The authors emphasize that the consumer's personal information request is a consequence of external information pressure.

The article discusses the process of social adaptation of students who came to the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan – the city of Kazan to receive higher professional education. The study is based on the use of a mix method using a questionnaire and in-depth interviews. The purpose of the study is to analyze the process of social adaptation of students to a new environment, as well as factors influencing the nature of adaptation. The author makes an attempt to understand how adaptation in the city, the attitude of locals and the status of a “newcomer” affect the feeling of security, the density of ties with former fellow countrymen, and the attitude to a former hometown. The focus of the study is aimed at the adaptation of academic migrants in the conditions of the city that was chosen for moving; the analysis takes into account the cultural characteristics of the city and the specifics of their influence on adaptation. An analysis of the practices of social adaptation of nonresident students made it possible to characterize the city of Kazan as a region with a high adaptive potential for newcomers