Specifics of the information base of the project Taganrog-2014

The article presents the specifics of formation of the information base of the project Taganrog-2014, the unique character of which is in the possibility to examine dynamics in the socio-economic structure of the city population throughout the history of half a century. The study was conducted using a comparable methodology that enabled a deeper inquiry into the problem and the specific features of the processes under investigation, a more substantial identification of the aims and possibilities of management. Within the frames of the project was solved the problem of analyzing the impact of the current modernization processes on daily life of population of a specific city. On the basis of the Taganrog studies held in different periods of time, it became possible to comprehend many socio-economic trends and challenges facing Russian socium from the point of historic retrospective.