The theses address the issue of empirical interpretation of models of political leadership on the part of modern Russian youth. The material is based on an empirical study on youth policy conducted in four different regions of the country. The subject of the study is young people between the ages of 14 and 30. The simulation of youth political leadership is done through multidimensional methods of data analysis. Factor analysis is used to obtain elements of models - characteristic features of leadership. These elements include: sources of political information; social attitudes based on the priority between collectivism or individualism; Essential signs of leadership; Functional features of youth political organizations; the causal and motivational aspect of participation/entry into youth political organizations; A degree of trust in social and political institutions; forms of political participation of young people in a combination of preparedness and specific participation practices. The models themselves are formed by hierarchical cluster analysis, during which five models of youth political leadership were obtained.