72 ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES, PUBLISHED IN RUSSIAN DIFFICULTIES FORMATION OF LEGAL CULTURE Svetlana Boshno, Doctor of Legal Scienses, Professor, Head of Chair the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, e-mail: boshno@yandex.ru. <...> Legal culture is a component of the company cultures (identity), i.e. it is subject to the general laws of formation of culture. <...> For its formation is necessary as a large social group, which is the bearer and custodian of culture, its values, and small social groups. <...> In the article we give the necessary components of a legal culture and the main difficulties of its formation, which requires deliberate and systematic work of all interested parties, including the institutions of civil society, individuals and the state in general. <...> LEGAL REGULATION OF SOCIAL PROTECTION OF POPULATION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Elena V. Vinogradova, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Chair of the Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Human Rights Activities of the Law Institute of the Russian Peoples' Friendship University, a member of the Expert Council of the Federation Council Committee of the Federal Assembly on Constitutional Legislation and State Development, e-mail: evsfrf @ gmail .mobi. <...> Natalia Hvostunova, Post-graduate at the Chair of Constitutional and Municipal Law of V. Kikot Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, e-mail: khv.nata@mail.ru. <...> The article presents an analysis of the legal regulation of the provision of basic social rights of the population living in municipalities of the Russian Federation, shows the mechanism of realization of the state social policy by public authorities at all levels, discloses features of the LAW AND MODERN STATES Law and modern states 2/2016 73 municipal social policy, and on the basis of the material studied makes generalizations having theoretical and practical significance. <...> Keywords: social security, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal law, local government, social rights, social support, state guarantees, municipal programs, intergovernmental relations. <...> STATE AND PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PRE-TRIAL APPEAL AGAINST DECISIONS AND ACTIONS (INACTION) OF STATE BODIES AND THEIR OFFICIALS IN THE EXERCISE OF STATE CONTROL (SUPERVISION) IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Vladimir N. Yuzhakov, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher, Director of the Center for State Control Technologies of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Service at the President of Russian Federation, e-mail <...>