Social Stratification and Social Identity of Tomsk Regional Population

The possibility of regional developmentis dependent upon its social structure in various ways. Especially important are the proportion andquality of its middle class, professional and educational characteristics of the latter, middle class lifestrategies, as well as upon the income level and the income dynamics of the whole regional population,the proportion of private enterprises and the proportion of innovative enterprises, both private andpublic.Authors are using the results of two mass surveys (2006 and 2011) to demonstrate the social dynamicsof Tomsk region.Although the main indicators of the middle class presence are still intact (for example, statisticallyvisible proportion of career-oriented ambitious professionals, the prevalence of the hard work as ameans of improving personal well being, positive attitudes towards life-long learning and the use ofmodern technology at the work place etc.). There are some negative trends: social and economic gap iswidening, trust in public entities including governmental and law enforcing is not rising. However,Tomsk regional population demonstrates some features of self reliance and readiness to enterprise andconsolidate socially.

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