wseas-12285-20261104073737-3563f6 20261104073737021 wseas/wseas wseas.group@gmail.com WSEAS Earth Sciences and Human Constructions 2944-9154 2944-9006 06 25 2026 06 25 2026 6 Alexander N. Teslenko Department of Social and Pedagogical Disciplines Kokshetau University named after Abay Myrzakhmetov KAZAKHSTAN https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1398-1832 Relevance of article is caused by need of studying of a problem of the young Kazakhstan citizens cultural socialization through a prism of the author's concept of youth work and the sociological theory of generations. The purpose of article consists in scientific polemic with foreign authors in an assessment of values and a way of life of the younger Kazakhstani generation, places and roles of youth work in socialization of socially active and responsible youth. The author based on the secondary analysis of sociological data analyzes features of cultural socialization and identification of "KZ generation" which is formed by two generational groups: "mellenials" and "centenials". In article, it is offered to consider features of the young Kazakhstan citizens’s sociocultural identification and socialization of through a prism of the author's concept of youth work. The revealed hierarchy of cultural practice allows to consider youth work as a special form of sociocultural animation, a field of the younger generation cultural self-realization, investment into the humanistic potential of the future. Processes of reformatting the modern youth cultural practice open new prospects of youth activity and self-expression. 11 04 2026 11 04 2026 95 9 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10.37394/232024.2026.6.9 https://wseas.com/journals/articles.php?id=12285 Youth of Kazakhstan. National report (2014-2023). Astana: “Molodezh” Research Center, 364 p. Youth of Central Asia. Kazakhstan: On the basis of sociological poll (2016) / Under hands. prof. K. Hurelmanna (Germany). Almaty: F.Eberta in Kazakhstan Fund, 660 p. Teslenko A.N. (2007) Cultural socialization of youth: Kazakhstani model. – Saratov-Astana: CSTI. – 370 p. Howe, N; Strauss, W. (2000) Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation. N.Y. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. – 398 p. Shaputis, Kathleen (2004). The Crowded Nest Syndrome: Surviving the Return of Adult Children. L.: Clutter Fairy Publishing. – 286 p. Beysembayev S. (2015) Phenomena of the Kazakh nationalism in the context of today's policy: from denial to understanding./Almaty: Soros Kazakhstan fund, 36 p. 30 facts about modern youth: research of Sberbank. /http://www.sberbank.ru/common/img/uploaded/files/pdf/youth_presentation Zaytseva N.A. (2015) Theory of generations: we different or identical // Russian regions: prospection. No. 2 (3). pp. 220-236 The concept of youth work in the Republic of Kazakhstan (2020) /Ed. prof. A.N. Teslenko. Nur-Sultan: Center Elite, 90 p. Teslenko A.N. (2024) Organization of youth work: introduction to the specialty. Kokshetau - Astana: Center Elite Publishing House, 2024. 273 p. Montez, M. (2018) Sociocultural Animation and Community Development –contributions for social work. Hradec Days of Social Work. Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. pp. 355-362 Seabrook G. Nobrow: culture of marketing, marketing of culture. M.: Publishing house "Hell Marginem", 2005. – 274 pages. Omelchenko E.L. (2006) Beginning of youth era or death of youth culture? // Magazine of social policy researches Vol. 4. No. 2. pp. 151-182 Teslenko A.N., Rozhkov M.I. (2019) Yunogogik: theory and practice of youth work. Monographic. Kokshetau: KUAM. –260 p. Shamis E. The generation grows in what conditions Milenium and Z and that will become their values. http://rugenerations.su/2009/05/21 Date of the address of 30.05.2020. The Nazarbayev Generation: Youth in Kazakhstan (2019) // Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures. L. -N.Y.: Lexington Books, – 342 p.