Objective. To assess and analyze dietary mineral elements in students of two ethnic groups who resided in the Magadan Region. Subjects and methods. Surveys were conducted in 193 young males aged 17—21 years, of whom 151 examinees were Caucasians and 42 were natives in the Magadan Region. All the examinees had been intramurally studying at the Northeastern University for more than 6 months at the time of the survey, had comparable living conditions and diets. Dietary mineral profiles were assessed in the young males, by analyzing their daily diets according to the ASPON-Nutrition program (Saint Petersburg). The investigators recorded the mean values of the trace element composition in the diet of the two examined groups, as well as the frequency of deficient and excessive trace element intakes with the actual diet relative to the reference ranges. Results. The diet of young male residents (among both the Caucasian and the native one) in the Magadan Region was established to be characterized by pronounced deviations from the current norms for the physiological needs of the elemental profile. The diet of young representatives of the two ethnic groups of the Magadan Region tended to be deficient in essential micronutrients, such as calcium, zinc, iodine, molybdenum, selenium, and chromium. The studied groups have been noted to have ethnic features of the diet, which is manifested by a statistically significantly more pronounced frequency of deficiency of calcium, sodium, fluorine, chlorine, and iodine in the group of aboriginal youths, which is most likely to be associated with the transition of the indigenous population from a traditional dietary pattern to urbanized one. The findings can be used to formulate recommendations aimed at correcting the diet in order to eliminate pronounced micronutrient deficiencies in the diet of young males in the Magadan Region as a target group for health promotion and preventive measures.