The Article describes the study of youth throughout the 1920s with use the theory of non-conformism. According to the author, youth movement of the considered period was more difficult than soviet historiography has presented. The peculiarity of youth movement in the first years the Soviet power was a growth of protest mood or non-conformism. The author characterized the main forms and non-conformism types among young generation. Their analysis significantly enriches available knowledge about youngsters of the 1920s.