Social dynamics in the history of Russia

The paper conducts a philosophical study of social dynamics in the history of Russia. The concepts of social development, social change, social progress, social regression, social evolution, social revolution are defined. Social changes are considered on the example of the events of Russian history of the last five centuries of the existence of Russian statehood. Some modern concepts of the social dynamics of Russian history are analyzed. The article establishes that cyclical periods of liberal reform and authoritarian counter-reform replace each other in domestic history

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