Maskaev A.I., Chikarova G.I. The modern metropolis and its influence on the adaptation of professional actors in Russia. Bulletin of the Adyghe State University. Series Regional Studies: Philosophy, History, Sociology, Jurisprudence, Political Science, Culturology. - Maykop: publishing house of ASU, 2017, Issue 1 (194), pp. 108-114. Maskaev A.I., Chikarova G.I. The modern metropolis and its influence on the adaptation of professional actors in Russia. Bulletin of the Adyghe State University. Series Regional Studies: Philosophy, History, Sociology, Jurisprudence, Political Science, Culturology. - Maykop: publishing house of ASU, 2017, Issue 1 (194), pp. 108-114.ISSN 2410-3691РИНЦ: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=29128464Posted on site: 06.07.18 AbstractThe paper explores the city space of modern megalopolises from the point of view of the social and economic environment. The authors track evolution of understanding of the city and city space. It is emphasized that the prompt urbanization broke former forms of social life and led to emergence of a set of social and psychological problems in modern residents of megalopolises and big cities. Change of professional strategy and emergence of new socio-economic groups are marked. The analysis of behavior of new social groups of players in the conditions of the changed city space is also presented in the work.