To the question of studying of the problem of civil activity in Russia

In the article features of civil activity of the Russian population and some mechanisms of its implementation are considered. Interest in research of civil activity in modern political process is caused by its interrelation with formation of effective institutes of interaction of the government and society. Intelligent association of the population on purpose selfrealization in socio-political process causes public activity, which, in turn, is aimed at the development of the democratic constitutional state. In general, at the present stage in the Russian Federation quality of participation of citizens changes and new mechanisms of implementation of civil activity develop. Important (at the moment even the main) role is played by the state, which acts as the initiator of reformatory process of an institutionalization of interaction of civil society and government. In the last decade the Government of the Russian Federation has offered two large projects aimed at the development of civil society, is a Civic chamber and the Russian Popular Front. One of innovative mechanisms is the Internet where the initiative is shown by means of the websites, social networks, crowd-funding and crowd-sourcing platforms, etc. However, participation of the Russian citizens in social and political life isn't characterized by high activity that is caused by feature of national mentality.