Problems of establishing the boundaries of the middle class as an economic stratum

The article deals with the problems of establishing the boundaries of the middle class as an economic stratum. The relevance of the topic is the complexity of allocating the middle class boundaries. While researching this issue the author used a secondary analysis of a variety of sources and documents. A study of the quantitative estimates of the middle class shows that economic stratification in Russia is contiguous to the low growth of economic indicators and living standards of population.