Some socio-cultural characteristics of development of Russia in the conditions of increasing globalization

The article examines the socio-cultural changes having taken place in Russia from perestroika times till the present day. The opportunities and limits of socio-economic transformations during periods of transition from one social development to another are indicated. It is shown that socio-economic reforms implemented in Russia in the 1990s were indisputably progressive and profound in nature. Their main drawback is that they were carried out “from above” and without assessing the social consequences that have been manifesting for more than 25 years. The social, psychological, physiological state of Russians was not evaluated and not taken into account, while the population had difficulty in adapting to sweeping changes. The problem of establishing an innovative, modernized society is analyzed on the basis of social research materials and the facts of recent years. The work covers only a small part of a large aspect, and it is the movement of Russia along the path of humanistic modernization...