Liberation theology - one of the areas of theological thought in the second half of XX-be- ginning of XXI century - is characterized by a critical attitude to the social problems of our time: poverty, inequality of economic development, financial dependence of Third world countries on international credit agencies. The article analyzes the views of a number of iconic representatives of the liberation theology of a desired social structure and the influence of their views on rhetoric and political practice of the leaders of Latin America.

The article considers the problem of transition from secularism to post-secularism in modern religious thought on the example of the works of J. Caputo and G. Vattimo; the author investigates the man in radical hermeneutics. In the spotlight is the theme of the weak thought and its application to the thinking about God and man. The author analyzes the specificity of the new religiosity, which can be defined as «religion without religion», the form of «Ana- theism», where God is conceived in the world, through the world and for the world.

The article provides an overview of the attitude of the Catholic Church to the problem of wealth and poverty, since organized in the beginning of XIII century the Catholic ascetic and reformer Francis of Assisi movement in defense of the ideals of poverty. The author considers the encyclicals of Popes Leo XIII, Benedict XV, John Paul II and Francis I, which contain theological critique of the consumer society.

The article is devoted to the controversy between the representatives of social evangelism and "Christian realism" about the possibility of achieving social ideal. The author presents the main ideas of the most prominent representatives of these sects, indicates their contribution to the development of Western Christian social thought.

The article discusses three areas of liberation theology: black theology in the USA, black theology in South Africa and theology of Minjun in Korea. They appeared under the influence of Latin American theology in the 1960-1970s, but in different context and with different perspectives. The characteristic feature of these areas is the inclusion of national/ethnic/racial discourse in the universal Christian concept. These areas that emerged in the middle of the last century are still actively developing and offering the new perspective on Christianity - socially active Christianity.

The article presents the general characteristic of changes in the Russian system of basic education, defines the scientific study of designing of models of school management, capable of ensuring sustainable development in the medium and long term. The author provides the analysis of models of management of educational institutions used in schools and developed in science. Based on the analysis the author formulates general requirements for the model of school management to ensure the effectiveness of its work in the changing external conditions.

The article analyzes the practice of using special legal regimes of doing business to attract private investments and new technologies in the economy of the country and its regions. The author describes the characteristic features and evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of the tools such as special economic zones, zones of territorial development, clusters, and territories of priority development. The author characterizes key problems and recommends measures to improve the mechanisms of territorial development based on the specific legal regimes.

The article considers the development of international relations of subjects of the Russian Federation as one of the main tasks of state regional policy of the country. The author notes that the international activity of regions contributes to strengthening the democratic foundations of the Russian state and has a direct influence on the formation of foreign policy and economic relations. Special attention is paid to consideration of the international activities of the donor regions of Russia.

The article reveals the role of Federal law 172- FZ in the development of local government in the Russian Federation, provides the reasons for the need of involvement of municipalities in the system of strategic planning, outlines the deficiencies in the system of state regulation of strategic policy at the local level. The author summarizes international experience in implementing of the strategic policy of the municipalities, identifies problems of implementing of the principles of strategic planning in the activities of local authorities.

The article considers the environmental aspects of the implementation of resource and infrastructure projects in Mongolia in a transboundary context. The author identifies potential problems of Russian-Mongolian relations in the sphere of joint use of water resources. The author analyzes current state and prospects of economic cooperation between Russia and Mongolia. The author puts forward proposals for the development of strategic partnership in the context of transboundary water protection in the basin of Lake Baikal.

The problem of a strong government is not new to the country's history. Finding an answer to it was conducted over a number of centuries and it often led to inconsistent results. Instructive experience of this kind of research can be considered a split that occurred on this occasion in the camp of «the Possessors», who linked the rescue of the country with the strengthening of the role of Church leader, and the Emperor as the main defender of Orthodox Russia. However, by the early sixteenth century, their ranks were split into supporters and opponents of formidable power. Creating the Oprichnina, Ivan IV supported radicals, what, in the author’s opinion, despite all its shortcomings, has saved Russia from the religious-political division, which earlier experienced Germany, and has saved it as the last bulwark of Slavic-Orthodox civilization.

Slavophile direction of the Russian sociopolitical thought that emerged in the nineteenth century attracts the interest of researchers even nowadays. It is connected not only with a meaningful component of the Slavophile concept, but with unusual methodological approaches in this direction. The original in this respect, according to the author, can be considered Slavophile approach to the study and interpretation of the concept of «nationality», which was widely discussed in the Russian socio-political thought of the XIX century.

In the new political conditions of the Soviet regime in the regions of Central Asia the appearance of a new body that met the requirements of the existing system was necessary. This body became the Asian Bureau. It was the party organization that was responsible for everything in the region of the event and lasted from 1922 to 1934. There were a lot of key issues under the jurisdiction of the Asian Bureau. Who formulated them and how they were resolved, is covered in detail in this article.