At the present time, during the continuing unstable economic situation due to the influence of the global financial crisis on all aspects of socio-economic structure of modern Russia, attention, in our opinion, should be given to the development of innovative, structurally designed and implemented in practice projects.In this regard, the present work, which is a collection of scientific articles under the title Formation of actual concepts of the institutions of marriage and family in the context of a democratic society of modern Russia: characteristics, effectiveness, and prospects covers...