A comparative analysis of characteristics of the social suitability and
value orientations of a personality of representatives of three ethnics
(Russians, Tatars and Lezghins) living in theVolga region (Saratov
region) is represented. Modern approaches to the understanding
of the the socialization of a personality and its social-psychological
manifestations, adaptational possibilities are considered. In the results
of the analysis of the phenomena among the majority of the probationers