Issues of socio-economic adaptability of Russian society in a transitional economy

the problem of adaptation of states, societies and individuals to the conditions of a dynamic environment becomes scientifically relevant in the situation of modern global social instability, the era of geopolitical, economic and socio-cultural changes. In the context of economic theory, research dealing with the problem of socio-economic survival of societies is becoming relevant again; particular attention is paid to the phenomenon of informal economic institutions, which is appearing in behavioral attitudes, socio-economic behavior and expectations of people. Of particular interest is an experience of the post-Soviet society of the 1990s, when the problem of the "informal economy" affected most of the population, exposing not only a number of fundamental social and political tensions of the late USSR period, but also laid the foundation for a new Russian socio – economical system. The problems of that time also showed the phenomenal socio-cultural potential of the Russian people, conditioned by harsh climatic, geopolitical and historical conditions of their life, which formed their resilience (also mental) to a broad group of social stressors and external changes, which have developed a high degree of their socio-economic adaptability.

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