Features of the formation of public capital in Russia
The article reveals the process of formation of social capital in Russia at the micro, meso and macro levels, isolates its main component - trust, which, in turn, is the basic condition for involving citizens in the practice of social and political participation, thoroughly analyzes the characteristics of the formation of generalized (social) and interpersonal trust. Based on the secondary analysis of empirical studies of leading sociological centers of the Russian Federation, the authors show that the accumulated public trust is an important social resource at the macro and mesolevels, allowing to increase the efficiency of the functioning of social systems.