Describing some negative sociocultural stereotypes such as aversion
to change, tendencies to power centralization, lack of systematic approach to
governance, ineffective bureaucracy, immature attitude towards freedom and
democracy, the author argues that the society should overcome these traits in order to be able to encourage creative entrepreneurial forces and produce opportunities for socioeconomic progress.
Keywords
persistence of sociocultural stereotypes of social behavior, cultural code, society and governance, economic history of Russia.