VOLUNTEERING AS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY OF STUDENTS
The article explores legal, methodological and applied reasons for the organization of volunteer movement and volunteering in Russia. The article focuses, in particular, on the content of student volunteer training in higher education institutions. It also analyses legal sources that regulate voluntary movement in Russia. The article presents the best practices of working with volunteer students at Pyatigorsk State University, Russia. It also discusses approaches to volunteer training in Stavropol Krai, Russia, and essential characteristics of individual projects and tools used by student volunteers from Pyatigorsk State University.