Humanities & Social Sciences 9 (2016 9) 2260-2268 ~ ~ ~ УДК 316.4; 316.7 Views of Political and Administrative Elite of the Region about Its Sociocultural Dynamics Kseniia V. Safronova* Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 16.05.2016, received in revised form 05.07.2016, accepted 20.08.2016 The current problem of modern sociology is studying sociocultural and cultural changes taking place in the regions and the factors determining them. <...> The purpose of this study is expert analysis of sociocultural changes in one of the largest regions of Siberia. <...> The methodological basis of the study is anthroposociocultural approach (N.I. Lapin) in combination with postnonclassical universum approach (V.G. Nemirovskii, et al.). <...> Representatives of the political and administrative elite of the Krasnoyarsk Krai act as experts. <...> At that, their opinions on a number of parameters are compared with the results of the representative studies of mass consciousness of the Krai population. <...> The study results give grounds to speak about both the contradictory opinions of the political and administrative elite of the region, and their similarity on the basic parameters with the views of the entire region population. <...> The representatives of the political and administrative elite of the region point to the importance of the ideas of spiritual revival of Russia and Russian national identity for the integration and positive sociocultural dynamics of society. <...> Keywords: regional elite, sociocultural dynamics, anthroposociocultural approach, universum approach, principle of minimum universum. <...> Problem Statement A topical approach to the study of sociocultural dynamics of the region is the analysis of the views of the regional political and administrative elite about the changes taking place in it. <...> As we know, the concept of “social changes” is the basic category to describe social dynamics. <...> It is no coincidence that theoretical description of social changes is an important element of any sociological © Siberian Federal University. <...> In general terms, it is conventional to consider social Kseniia V. Safronova. <...> The innovative approach of V.G. Nemirovskii, who analyzes social changes from the standpoint of postnonclassical universum sociology, taking into account functioning of such previously poorly studied social institution as “secret societies”, should be mentioned. <...> Let us emphasize that the regional political and social elite is one of the important subjects of sociocultural changes in it. <...> For this reason, the analysis of their views about these processes is of great <...>