The article substantiates the necessity of the further research of political participation of youth problem both at the Federal and Regional levels. It also reveals the contradiction and unequality of the processes in the youth environment that have shaped in Russia as a whole and in the Saratov Region in particular Special attention is paid to the methodological research of the above mentioned problem. Critical interpretation of many Russian scientists works helped the authors of this article to draw their own definition of the notion "political participation of youth". Basing their research on the empiric material representativity the authors define the peculiarities of political participation of youth in transitive period of Russian society development.