The article presents an analysis of the factors of the revolution in Russia in 1917-1934. The fundamental and variable factors of the historical process have been singled out and analyzed: demographic, technological, foreign policy, and cultural. The author justifies the application of the concept of “perfect storm” to explain the revolutionary processes. It allows us to understand revolutionary events as a result of a combination of necessary and random processes. As a result, a conclusion is drawn about the stochastic nature of the factors of revolutions.

The author reflects on what do we mean by Russia as the country and the state, outlines contours of Historical Russia as the countries dismembered in 1991 on several state formations of the former Soviet Union. He focuses attention on various peripetias of “the Big Game”: how representatives of Anglo-Saxon elite call “containment policy” of Russia, actively and purposefully carried out by them, since the beginning of the 19th century and till our days. The author writes about fight of the Russian Federation for finding of full-scale state sovereignty and also about the further prospects of development of the Russian nation and statehood, reconstruction of its territorial integrity.

In article theoretical justification by the Russian conservative M. N. Katkov of the autocratic power as to the unique and most expedient form of the government in Russia providing protection of national interests and territorial integrity of the state is considered. The dialectics a ratio of freedom and the government, in the conservative concept, problems of unity of the power and the people, a state system of Russia is opened. The importance of the ideas of Katkov for the present is shown.

This paper is devoted to research of the experience related to issue of securities in the first years of the Soviet authority. After the October revolution of 1917, securities market ceased to exist, because the securities issued by the Imperial government, was cancelled. However, in 1922 a law was contain legal norm, establishing that securities are the kind of assets able to be subject to private ownership. The emission of the government of new financial instruments was one response to the failure of policies of natural exchange, submitted by ideologists of revolution, as an integral criterion of communism. The present paper devoted to analysis of the bond emissions in 1920-30s, competent organization which allowed the Soviet government to solve a number of current financial issues and to demonstrate the responsibility of the new authorities towards the population in economic matters.

Presents the genesis of the revolutionary movement in the Russian Empire and the armed struggle during the Civil War is exemplified by the example of the Black Sea Fleet (1901-1920). The author gives a description of the participation of the Armed Forces in political protest actions in Soviet history (the Kronstadt Uprising of 1921, the conspiracy of the marshals in 1937, the capture of the large anti-submarine ship “Storozhevoy” of the Baltic Fleet in 1975). A historical parallel between the events of 1917 and the collapse of the Russian fleet at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century was made. An assessment of the conflict potential of the military component in the contemporary history of Russia is also given.

The relevance of a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of the implementation of state youth policy is undeniable and analyzed in this material through comparative analysis with global experience, as well as extensive field research. The article is based on the material of the analyzed academic discussions and legislative initiatives on state youth policy in the Russian Federation. A brief overview of the history and content of the term is presented, the significance of the state youth policy, the problems of its implementation, related to the new challenges that the demographic situation and the information era offers to contemporary Russian youth is determined. The authors evaluated the domestic experience in regulating youth policy.

The relevance of the topic of perception of students in Russian history as the study of mechanisms of influence on this perception, acquired in recent years an increased value. Attitude to the historical heritage in any society is an indicator of the presence or absence of civic consensus required for political stability and sustainable development. The perception of Russian history in the domestic environment of student’s youth all the more important in light of the fact that in the spring of 2017, she is more actively involved in what is happening in the country political processes. Political unit Financial University in 2017 in the framework of the state assignment is conducting a large-scale study of mechanisms of influence on the perception of Russian history students. One of the key elements is a large-scale survey of the task force on this issue. The preliminary results presented in this article. The obtained results allow to conclude that in an environment of students is no uniform and holistic perception of national history, moreover, this applies even to key moments. A variety of indirect evidence suggests that, despite the positive perception of Russian historical heritage, in students there is a request for the variability of presentation of and request for changes. This finds expression, in particular, in a positive attitude to the events of history, associated with the change, but not drastically-the revolutionary plan. With regard to the tools of information impact on young people, including those associated with the retransmission of historical experience, the task force does not accept the propaganda approach, but is quite loyal to the usual manipulative practices. Thus, the most effective instruments of influence on it, including from the point of view of the relay of the attitude to Russian history, is not direct propaganda, the dominant in the practices of the Russian authorities in 2014, and more indirect manipulation.

At present the population with incomes below subsistence level increased from 15,5 million in 2013 (10,8 per cent of the Russian population) to 19,8 million persons in 2016 (13,8% of Russian population); the real money income of population has decreased overall by 9,5%. The authors analyze aspects of sociological studies of poverty and socio-economic inequality in Russia, which is marked by a large number of characterizing indicators and interdependent causality in the socio-economic sphere of Russian society. The article is based on the results of research carried out at the expense of budget funds of the state task of the Financial University under the government of the Russian Federation in 2017.

The article deals with the comparative research of the political participation trends in post-communist countries of Europe which greatly contribute to the consolidation of “new democracies”. Disappointment in government policy that did not answer expectations for increasing living standard and expanding personal freedom under the democratic regime brought about a significant decline of political participation level in all the countries of “the third wave” democratization. However in post-communist countries this kind of public mood resulted in mass political apathy as well as in a downfall of voter turnout. The situation turned out differently in post-authoritarian countries where political activity did not lower considerably and the level of electoral participation remained rather high. European post-communist “new democracies” also fell behind post-authoritarian ones as far as various types of non-electoral participation is concerned. The author concludes that the survival values prevailing in the culture of post-communist European countries which keep up utilitarian attitude towards democracy restrained public political activity as a whole and blocked citizens in exceeding the limits of elite-directed political participation. In the “new democracies” citizens’ choice of the forms and types of political participation also depends on what kind of character public activity has acquired in the course of liberalization of dictatorship regimes and subsequent democratization process. By the beginning of the liberalization phase in post-communist countries of Europe there had not existed any public movements that were capable to become influential partners in a dialogue with the reformers from the dominating party. That is why here civil activity amounted but to short-term mass protest actions which could not encourage the consolidation of democracy.

Describes a problem in establishing modern national and international mechanisms for stabilizing the economic, social, political, social and cultural spheres of civil society, State of the world community. Emphasizes the role of the preventizacii risks and threats to human security, society, nation. United States national stability picture historically as solutions to racial problems, the formation of moral values based on Christian religious beliefs, build democracy and national and civil compromise, the development of capitalism and the formation of the modern economy. Discusses the prevailing stereotypes in American society on national security, which are reflected in social behavior, Outlook, international politics. Examines the problem of transforming real threats to national security doctrine of constant imminent threat. World United States control reduction psychologically many citizens and political structures, business, authority is perceived as a threat to stability and safe development. In real time with the United States, as a nation of rigid military force lose their former position. Question about replacing such stiff soft force, based on the achievements of the culture, the Democratic Organization of society, prospective financial technologies. Brought to the fore the problem of terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism, extremism, cyber and biological threats, climatic cataclysm, economic inequality, global migration and displacement.

The article analyzes the main trends in the development of Russia’s cultural policy at its various stages of historical development and the concept of multiculturalism as the main paradigm for the cultural development of modern Europe. It is noted that the state forms the main trends of cultural policy and is responsible for the formation of a common cultural space. It was revealed that at all stages of its development, Russia viewed cultural policy as a guarantor of national security and an important instrument for consolidating society, based on understanding the uniqueness of our country as a special ethno-cultural space. It is noted that the European policy of multiculturalism destroys civil unity and is used as an instrument for manipulating public consciousness. As the basic documents, “Fundamentals of state cultural policy” and “Strategy of state cultural policy for the period until 2030” are analyzed, in which the state declares itself as an active organizer of the sociocultural life of the society and declares the priority of culture as the most important part of personal, public and state development. It is concluded that the conceptual design of Russia’s contemporary cultural policy is not in the discourse of multiculturalism, but in the traditional way for our country the polyphony of cultures defines the task of modernizing and integrating the mechanisms for creating and transmitting national mental paradigms that are traditional for our country, will preserve the spiritual and Ethno-cultural unity of the country, consolidate forces on the basis of common values and goals, ensure the independence and development of the Russian state in difficult conditions Building a new multipolar world.

The article is devoted to the electoral trends of the last five years in Russian regional policy. The author dwells on the problem of reducing the electoral activity of citizens, highlighting the objective and subjective factors affecting political absenteeism. At the same time, the question of the interconnection of the political situation in the subjects of the Russian Federation with their innovative economic development is raised. Moreover, not always a low voter turnout is a negative indicator for the region. In a number of cases, a «balanced» and responsible voting of citizens helps the regional authorities maintain stability and ensure the dynamic development of the territory under their jurisdiction. In turn, forcing voter turnout often entails serious political and economic costs, as well as a drop in the legitimacy of the leadership of the federal subjects.

This article analyzes the dynamics of government relations’ development in Russia. The period in focus is from 1996 till the present. We describe the history of several attempts at legislative regulation of government relations and public affairs in Russia. In conclusion, we will consider possible ways to streamline state regulation and another future of the institution of lobbying.

This paper introduces in details how the Soviets captured the German Rocket Technology by investigating and collecting the technology of V-2 rockets in Poland and Germany. This paper further states that, the USSR’s acquisition of the German Rocket Technology began with the search and inspection in 1944, and after World War II, large research institutes were built in the Soviet occupied zones to explore more ways to obtain German Rocket Technology, such as collecting data on rocket equipment, recruiting German rocket experts, etc. The above methods helped the USSR a lot in quickly capturing German Rocket Technology and building its own rocket industry.