Tikhonov Aleksandr V., Merzlykov Andrey A. Manageability of social group formation processes in regions with different level of sociocultural modernization. Research result. Sociology and Management, 2019, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 176-183. Tikhonov Aleksandr V., Merzlykov Andrey A. Manageability of social group formation processes in regions with different level of sociocultural modernization. Research result. Sociology and Management, 2019, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 176-183.ISSN 2408-9338 DOI 10.18413/2408-9338-2019-5-4-0-15Posted on site: 30.12.19AbstractThe focus of the article is the scientific and theoretical presentation of the problem of execution of the civil contract between the government and society in the conditions of historically defined challenges and threats, which is a part of work of the Center of sociology of management and social technologies of Institute of sociology of RAS for a subject of management of processes of social grouping and represents continuation of our research on RNF No. 15-18-30077 in 2015-2017 in the conditions of implementation of the Decree of the Russian President from the 7th 2018 No. 204 About the national purposes and strategic problems of development of the Russian Federation until 2024. The article is staged and focuses on the description of the scientific problem to which the scientific project is aimed, its scientific significance and relevance. The scientific novelty of the study is to justify the necessity and possibility of obtaining new knowledge about the management of group formation processes in regions with different levels of sociocultural development and strategic spatial location. The rationale for the feasibility of achieving the project objectives and the possibility of obtaining the planned results is presented.