The article attempts to define the meaning and nature of the crisis in general. The author discusses the problems associated with the duality of this issue – static and dynamism of this phenomenon. In this article the essence, classification, recognition and definitional identity crisis in the social sciences. The crisis mainly includes aspects of political, military, economic, psychological, ecological, social and even humanitarian. Mankind from the beginning of its existence has to deal with the crisis. They are called random events, personal setbacks and failures in life. Everyone’s life is marked by constant changes in the aftermath of critical events. We live in an environment uncertain environment, where in addition to the positive and negative also occur, causing the internal state of imbalance. In addition to the factors, the author focused his attention on a particular type of crisis – the crisis of the political-military, which includes a political crisis linked to the armed conflict, carried below the threshold of war. The crisis is part of our lives, affects all of us, what is important is the expected and even desirable. It requires us to change and take on new challenges and tasks. On the other hand, crises trigger social awareness conservative attitudes, often giving up, even extreme criticism of reality, instead of searching for solutions of difficult situations, other than those to which we are accustomed.