In the article, the author studied the transformation of the state pressa in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), as well as the process of changing media consumption of the audience in the context of digitalization in a particular region of the Russian Federation. In the article observed the experience of a print media in the Yakut language to preserve the traditional audience and it’s work as an Internet media, as well as to acquire a new audience in the social media. The trends in the ratio of new and traditional media are considered and recommendations are given for public authorities.
Based on the data of a sociological study about the preferences of the audience and according to the declining circulation of print media, the author suggests that the trend of reducing the audience of print media, including in the Yakut language, will continue. This reduction, despite the growth of the readership in the social media due to the youth audience, will inevitably lead to problems in preserving the original culture of the Sakha people, developing literature in the Yakut language, and socializing the younger generation

In the article, the author investigates the role of the family as a factor in the continuation of work by pensioners. The concept of intergenerational transfers is the theoretical basis for considering the family as a factor in the decision to continue working by retirees. The author assumes that in the family the older and younger generations voluntarily provide each other with material assistance. A comparison is made of intergenerational transfers involving working and non-working pensioners in Russia and China. Based on the results of a sociological study, it has been established that in Russia and China the intergenerational transfer model dominates, which involves the assistance of working pensioners - children and grandchildren. Moreover, this model is implemented in different forms. Working pensioners in Russia directly support their children and grandchildren by providing them with material assistance. In turn, Chinese retirees seek to reduce the economic "burden" on the younger generations by continuing to work and self-supporting. A similar model is being implemented in extended families. The recipients of aid are mostly non-working pensioners who live separately from their children and grandchildren.

In the article, the author refers to the period of the early 1960s, when Russian social researchers were involved in the difficult and long process of the revival of applied sociological research, interrupted during the years of Stalinism. In the era of the «thaw» and «post-thaw» sociology, like other social sciences, was under strict ideological control. Since control over the conduct of applied research was carried out by party committees of various levels, there could be no question of free development of scientific discussion, competition of scientific ideas and schools. The works of Western sociologists were inaccessible and had to be criticized from the standpoint of the theory of historical materialism and scientific communism. Despite the listed restrictions, censorship and ideological control, in the 1960s. the slow process of mastering the methods of applied empirical research by domestic researchers begins. Kazan sociologists and philosophers did not remain aloof from this process. This article examines an example of an empirical sociological study conducted in 1967 and devoted to the religiosity of the inhabitants of Kazan.

The article presents the results of a study of the opinions of orphans and children left without parental care on the topic of their participation in solving everyday issues. The data collection method was interviews (individual and group). The survey involved children who are in the Center for the Promotion of Family Placement. The involvement of pupils of the CSSU in solving everyday issues was studied through the practice of choosing food, clothes, children’s clubs, ways of organizing free-time, etc. The study showed the difficulty in realization of orphans’ rights to express their opinion and the subsequent consideration of this opinion by adults. In addition to financial constraints in this area, the difficulties are caused by the nature of institutions’ work regimes, the unwillingness and inability of adults to listen to the opinions of children, which, in turn, causes the same unwillingness on the part of orphans

The article deals with the problems of coverage by Soviet sociologists of the 1989 election campaign for the election of People's Deputies of the USSR. The key problem was the transition from a non-competitive system to a competitive system with alternative candidates. In this situation, there is a request for a variety of electoral sociological studies. The first comprehensive studies on the support of the electoral process appear. A whole series of polls of various types were conducted to identify the electoral picture in certain localities. Some sociologists took part in the elections as members of election headquarters. Participation in agitation and propaganda events was defined by them as such sociological methods as included observation, non-standardized interview and, even, experiment. A lot of publications were devoted to general issues, first of all, the results of the elections and the prospects for the development of the electoral process. Much attention was paid to the promotion of the ideas of perestroika. First of all, we are talking about the course of «democratization», implemented through further transformation of the electoral system.

The solution of any problem largely depends on the correct definition of the causes. The article summarizes the information of the works of Russian researchers for the XX and XXI centuries on the causes of the spread of abortions in Russia. To date, the search for the causes of abortions is based on the identification of patterns in the socio-economic, cultural, domestic, family living conditions of women who have had an abortion. That is, research is based on the study of the external aspect of behavior. Based on the provisions of the theories of social practices, the author made an attempt to describe the internal process of forming a woman's decision on abortion. As a result, the internal reasons for which a woman decides to have an abortion were identified, their role in this process was determined. The author came to the conclusion that the study of the causes of abortions based on the concept of social practices will reveal their internal aspect, which will make it possible to update the methods of regulating abortions in Russia