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Abstract: The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of perception and the subjective significance of negative environmental factors of modern Russian megacities in their real and digital dimensions by representatives of youth. Since the urban environment is a changeable social and cultural and physical space, the opening of a new dimension – digital – introduces significant changes both in the formation of images of the environment itself, the assessment of its positive / negative aspects, and in the behavior of residents, including youth in its conditions. As a result, the purpose of this study was to identify the stress factors of the urban environment of Russian megacities that are relevant in the context of digitalization of urban space, subjectively significant for youth. To study the stress factors of the urban environment as perceived by youth living in two large cities of the Urals Federal District (Ekaterinburg, Tyumen), one of which has the status of a millionaire, 228 respondents (from 18 to 30 years old) were interviewed. The focus group method and a ranked list were used, in which the respondents independently indicated the stress factors of the urban environment in accordance with their personal significance. As a result of content analysis, groups of stress factors of the real and virtual urban environment were identified. Further description of the data was carried out in two directions – determination of the most common stress factors, compilation of a ranked list of stress factors according to the degree of significance for young people, and also comparison of the data obtained in relation to the real and virtual urban environment. The results obtained are important for the systematic transformation of the urban environment and improving its quality and factors of psychological well-being of a person in it.