The Face of a Millennial

This essay attempts to identify some of the characteristics of the philosophical generation of millennials born in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Russia. Based on the specific cultural and historical context that framed the formation of Generation Y in Russia, the author identifies pragmatism, an ironic and playful attitude toward tradition, virtualization of reality, multilingualism, and philosophical cosmopolitanism as characteristic features of the “millennial face” — characteristics that reflect the specifics of the “omnivorous” and nomadic consciousness of the millennial.