basic tendencies of the changing in the gender relations in conditions of the transformation of Russian society
32 Frunze st., 450074 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Phone: + 7 (347) 260 50 10. E-mail: marina221@mail.ru. Various changes of the gender relations in the period of the transformation in Russian society have been considered. They created a new situation for the interrelationship of genders in all spheres of life including family and marriage: steady decline and deterioration of economic, social and political status of women in comparison with men; aggravation of gender problems having existed in the previous period in the latent form and the formation of new ones.