Humanities & Social Sciences 8 (2015 8) 1675-1682 ~ ~ ~ УДК 316.4, 316.7 Observance of Citizens’ Rights and Freedoms as an Element of Political System of Modern Russia (Based on Researches in Krasnoyarsk Krai in 2010-2015) Rationale and Study Approaches Valentin G. Nemirovskiy* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 20.01.2015, received in revised form 14.02.2015, accepted 19.03.2015 Observance of citizens’ rights and freedoms is the most important element of the political system, implemented in modern Russia. <...> It is necessary to take into account the hierarchy of importance of certain rights and freedoms for citizens. <...> It is hierarchy that is a refl ection of the corresponding norms and values in their legal awareness. <...> Studies conducted within the framework of anthroposociocultural approach, developed by N.I. Lapin, show signifi cant changes that have taken place in the hierarchy [Lapin, 2009: 772-775]. <...> It evidences of evolution of the political system in Russia, as well as its value-regulatory elements. <...> Yearslong studies identifi ed signifi cant regional differences in ideas of the population about the importance of rights and freedoms for population, as well as serious specifi city in assessing the degree of their violation and possibility of protection [Lapin, 2009: 776]. <...> In this regard, analysis of dynamics of the mentioned indicators, taking into account political preferences of the population of the large Siberian region is highly relevant. <...> Similar studies from the standpoint of sociocultural approach, according to the similar method were carried out in different regions of the country [Belyaeva, 2008; Plekhanov, 2014: 170-176; Modernization. 2012, etc.], culturological studies in Krasnoyarsk Krai has also demonstrated considerable heuristic potential [Koptseva, Zamaraeva, Sertakova, 2011: Koptseva, Il’beikina, 2012; Koptseva, 2012]. <...> From our point of view, this issue can also be effectively analyzed from the standpoint of postnonclassical universum sociology [Nemirovsky, 1994: 23-29; Nemirovsky, 2001]. <...> Keywords: political system, citizens’ rights and freedoms, sociocultural approach, value-regulatory system of society, sociocultural portrait of the region. <...> The study is carried out on the basis of researches, done with fi nancial support from RHSF, project № 13-03-00379а “Dynamics of Sociocultural Processes in East Siberian <...>