ANNOTATSIYAIn this article, the importance of family and marriage relations in the interaction of social processes of society is highlighted, special approaches to family relations and values, the functions of the family in society and family institutions are considered.The problem of forming ethnic identity is one of the most pressing problems in the theory and practice of modern ethnopsychology. The multiethnic nature of peoples, the ambiguity of interethnic relations historically formed, the active development of the attitude towards not only material, but spiritual globalization in the minds of modern youth makes it possible to pay special attention to the process of forming the ethnic identity of the individual. Conclusions and recommendations are also presented.