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This article is about the role of students in modern Russian society. The idea is emphasized that the student youth act as a social capital of the future society. In the work, the author describes the importance of young people's participation in the activities of students' self-government as a mechanism of quality training of future specialists, forming their ability to make independent decisions, take responsibility for the results of their work, for a team of people and their own professional formation. The author reviews the trends of the student movement, and also the problems which arise in relations between the state, society and student's youth as a strategic resource for development of Russia in the conditions of modernization.