This book is lectures from the 2nd semester of an introduction to crisis social studies course. They provide a description and applied analysis of the problems that arose during the crisis of the state and society of post-Soviet Russia. The main provisions of the reform doctrine, the consequences of its implementation and the main threats to Russia generated during the transformation of the previous life order are outlined. Intended for undergraduates, graduate students and teachers in the social sciences and humanities, as well as for broad circles of the intelligentsia thinking about ways out of the crisis.< /p>