Research into stratification of the Russian society in contemporary scientific discourse

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the issue of stratification of the Russian society in modernscience. When studying the theoretical and methodological approaches to this subject, we refer to thescientific views of researchers such as K. Marx, M. Weber, P. Sorokin, T. I. Zaslavskaya, V. I. Il’in,V. V. Radaev, O. I. Shkaratan and others. The article analyzes the main stages of Russian studiesof social stratification. In the framework of the first stage, attempts were made to characterize thesystem of social stratification in the Soviet Union - its main principles and criteria, and identify themain social strata of the Soviet society. The current stage of research on stratification is associated with an attempt to build models of stratification based on the establishment of certain criteria. The paper notes that transitional character and the uncertainty of the state of the Russian society are reflected on the state of Russia’s science in general and, in particular, on the study of the issue of social stratification...