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The article analyzes the nature of the crises during the present stage of civilization development. According to the author, the three basic approaches of reacting to them — inertia, modernzation and anti-globalization — should be substituted with the one that could be called "a new civilization". The article considers key elements of this new approach and opportunities for the development of Russia in the XXI century stemming from it.

The article studies the nature of the global 2008 crisis and its factors. It considers the measures aimed at its overcoming and suggests some measures for solving global problems.

In his "Testament" G. Plekhanov basing on the Marxist methodology came to the conclusion that capitalism was inevitable in Russia and that Russia as well as the rest of the world was not ready for socialism. Reflecting on possible prospects of Soviet Power, he demonstrated assurance in its collapse in the short- or long-term period. His ideas about the key role of intelligentsia in social development sound very urgent now.

Exiting socialism by almost a third of the earth population appears to be the most prominent event of the late XX century. The author makes an attempt to formulate some challenges of this process and thus a theory of exiting socialism. First, he inquires into the concept of exiting socialism as it exists in the world. Then he analyzes real experiences in this field. The research enables the author to outline the main economic, governmental and social challenges of such exit - from municipal economy to science and culture.

RATHER THAN MAKING THE ECONOMY THE BEDROCK OF A NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM, THE SOVIET UNION DID PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE. UNFORTUNATELY, AN ECONOMY SUBORDINATED TO THE EXIGENCIES OF POLITICS IS INCAPABLE OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF A SOCIETY. AN EXAMINATION OF THE SITUATION IN THE USSR LEADS TO THREE CONCLUSIONS: (1) THE COUNTRY NEEDS NOT MERELY REFORM BUT A NEW ECONOMIC SYSTEM, (2) A NEW ECONOMIC SYSTEM REQUIRES A POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT IS CONGRUOUS WITH IT, AND (3) FURTHER ECONOMIC REORGANIZATION IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT RADICAL CHANGES IN SOVIET POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.