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Currently in Russia formed the conditions for the growth of neglect and abandonment of children and adolescents. These phenomena become significant social-pedagogical risks not only to socialize a specific person, but for the development of society. Must appeal to the nature and causes of the problem.

The article presents results of the study of the problem of social or­phanhood and its conditioning factors. It also presents understanding of social orphanhood as a social phenomenon, which means that there is a large number of minors, who are deprived of parental care. The article describes socio-psychological characteristics of orphans and children deprived of parental care from the perspective of their socialization and accumulation of personal social experience.