SOCIAL PROCESSES DURING THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIETY (ON MATERIALS OF THE BURYATIA)

The article discusses the social processes of Russian society during its transformation, reveals the concepts of “social”, “social relations”, “social processes”, traces changes in the social structure of Russian society, its main elements during the years of transformation, the formation of new classes and layers, modification of existing. Their quantitative and qualitative characteristics are given, attention is drawn to the presence of acute problems both in Russia as a whole and its regional entities, one of which is the low level of real incomes of the population. Social groups are shown – “unemployed” and “homeless”, which are the social bottom of society; the need is substantiated for an immediate and cardinal change in the social status of these social entities. The article contains a description of the social structure of Russia, highlighted the features of the regional structure, which is the society of Buryatia, as one of the characteristic national-state formations of the country.