Abstract: The subject of this research is the prerequisites of establishment of civil society in the following six constituents of the Russian Federation: Altai Krai, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Transbaikal Krai, Kemerovo Oblast, Omsk Oblast, and Orenburg Oblast. The article determines the attitude of population towards civil society, rights and responsibilities of a citizen, level of responsibility for the events taking place in the country, region, city, household; assessment of the level of concord and unity in the society; assessment of the level of commonness with various categories of co-citizens; assessment of the possibility of efficient interaction between the representatives of diverse social groups; level of activeness of participation in different types of public activity alongside the work of public organizations; state of the sociopolitical conditions for development of civil society in the regions. The scientific novelty consists in analysis of the main spectrum of the established issues in the area of development of the nonprofit sector of the six regions of the Russian Federation, as well as proposition of the constructive directions of formation and development of civil society. The conclusion are oriented towards the description of peculiarities of development of the civil society, as well as underline the key problems and prospects in activity of the nonprofit sector in the Russian Federation and six border territories from the perspective of population. The priority directions in development of civil society are being revealed.