RUSSIAN PROVINCE OF THE 1990S: AS A MIRROR OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS

Anzhelika Pavlova¹, Andrey Pechnikov²*, Dmitriy Vasenin³
and Larisa Mocrousova⁴

¹Prof. Dr., Volga State University of Technology, Russia, PavlovaAN@volgatech.net
²Assist. Prof., Volga State University of Technology, Russia, andbr86@mail.ru
³Associate Professor, PhD, Volga State University of Technology, Russia, VaseninDV@volgatech.net
⁴Associate Professor, PhD, Volga State University of Technology, Russia, MokrousovaLG@volgatech.net
*Corresponding author

Abstract
The present study is based on interview results, which was conducted four years, by the students Volga State University of Technology to determine the attitudes of inhabitants of the Republic of Mari El and neighboring regions to the economic reforms carried out in our country at the turn of  XX-XXI centuries. The focus was the question of the personal attitude of the people to the experienced events, about the impact of reform on their daily lives. The respondents were residents of provincial cities, towns and villages of the Republic of Mari El and neighboring areas that have experienced "shock therapy", a member of the voucher privatization, and other events of the 1990s.

Keywords: Russian province, economic reforms, social reforms