Problems of the organization of targeted social support of the population of Russia in the first years of market reforms (on the example of Ural federal states)

In the article on the example of Ural Federation subjects shows the activity of regional and municipal social services for the organization of targeted social support of the population in the first years of market reforms. The focus of the author was aimed at identifying the objective possibility of the effective protection of socially vulnerable population from the negative impacts of “shock therapy” on the basis of the principles outlined in the “Concept of social protection of disabled citizens and families with children” in 1992 Listed the main directions and forms of support, implemented in practice. It is shown that attempts to organize targeted social support in the first half - middle of 1990ies at the level of the Ural subjects of the Russian Federation faced the problem of mass poverty and, consequently, the implementation of declared principles of targeted, differentiated approach, comprehensiveness and accessibility in the circumstances was objectively impossible. The practice had carried out two poorly compatible forms of support - targeted and categorical.