Abstract
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, different countries chose their own paths of development.The systems of internal economic conditions in the national economies of the CIS countries have changed mostly being based on predominantly liberal market relations.The growth of industrial production began, and the cooperation of non-state firms on a market basis started development.Most countries have experienced a crisis, a deep decline in production and in the living standard of the population.For some time in many countries, the outflow of the able-bodied population, changing of the birth rate, decreasing of the number of qualified personnel were common.Still, social, political, economic and other areas of public life in post-Soviet countries have undergone changes in different ways and have some specific features for each country.Articles in this issue reveal such features, demonstrate their impact on the development of CIS countries and Ukraine and show prospects for further development.