Rabinovich E.I., Guseynova K.E. Specification of regions grouping for the empirical research goals. Russia and the world: global challenges and strategies of socio-cultural modernization. In: Russia and the world: global challenges and strategies of social and cultural dynamics ... Rabinovich E.I., Guseynova K.E. Specification of regions grouping for the empirical research goals. Russia and the world: global challenges and strategies of socio-cultural modernization. In: Russia and the world: global challenges and strategies of social and cultural dynamics / Materials of International scientific-practical conference (Moscow, 12-13 October 2017) / A. V. Tikhonov (resp. ed.), Moscow: FNISC RAS - 2017 – P. 408-412. Глава из книги: Россия и мир: глобальные вызовы и стратегии социокультурной модернизации. Материалы Международной научно-практической конференции (Москва, 12-13 октября 2017 г.) / Отв. ред. А.В. Тихонов. М.: ФНИСЦ РАН, 2017. 760 с.ISBN 978-5-89697-293-8Posted on site: 20.02.18AbstractThe article explains justification of regions selection taking into account its historical and sociocultural features, describes the indexes which are responsible for regional modernization development.