Evolution of Russia in the Context of Civilizational Development

Abstract

A distinctive feature of the “Atlas of modernization of Russia and its regions” presented by the team under the leadership of corresponding member of the Russian academy of sciences N.I. Lapin is that it considers the modernization of Russia as an organic part of the mainstream of the medium-term evolution in the world development which saves from revolutions. Due to civilizational (i.e. largely heuristic) approach for the first time in the exploration of contemporary Russian society, we had the opportunity to explore modernization as measurable, comparable and expansive process.