Experience of social transformation of Mordovia village within the last fifty year

It reviews and summarizes historical experience of the Republic of Mordovia in development and improvement of social sphere of a village at the period of the last fifty years. It demonstrates the focus on qualitative changes in that have taken place in housing and household sectors, welfare, educational and cultural levels of the inhabitants of villages in the region. It emphasizes the attention on the problem of “unpromising” villages of Mordovia, the formation of a negative evaluation of the rural way of life.