Abstract: This work is dedicated to the search for new mechanisms for the formation and development of leadership qualities of an individual in the area of management. The authors conduct a theoretical analysis of the key leadership qualities from the perspective of various schools, as well as describe approaches towards their formation (leadership is just a manifestation of the inherited talent; leader can be brought up through the corresponding training or creation of certain situations). Sociocultural peculiarities of the phenomenon of leadership in Russia are being discussed. The work introduces the commercial and authorial instruments on the basis of modern information and communication technologies that allow forming and development the leadership qualities. The authors consider the merits and flaws in using the Russian commercial software iSpring Suite, the proprietary information system for creating the virtual social educational environment with the preset characteristics and authorial specialized social network. The created virtual social environments are easily scalable and invariant with regards to the content, which discovers the new opportunities in terms of fast adjustment of the proposed content to the sociocultural features of a particular person, as well as the creation of individual educational trajectories.

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the analysis of support of the people with vision disabilities in the Russian society. The mechanisms of support this category of citizens in existed in the Soviet period are being analyzed. The author presents the statistical data, which testifies about the elimination of the previously existed traditions pertaining to the support of such category of citizens. The article discusses the possible ways of solution of the established situation, and particularly, the use of the modern virtual social environments. The development of tiflo-communication computer technologies allows the people with disabilities to use the Internet in the social sphere and everyday life, for communication, job search, and questions of education or self-education. Classical and modern theoretical positions of socio-humanitarian branches of the scientific knowledge that allow examining the foundations of the social processes regulation with participation of visually impaired people, comprise the methodological basis of this article. The conducted research significantly filled the gaps in the scientific knowledge regarding the processes of adjustment of the people with disabilities to the society using the opportunities of the virtual social environments. The methodological importance lies in the proposed by the authors criteria and indexes of the sociological monitoring and assessment of the level of adjustment and integration of the people with disabilities into the social institutions.

Abstract: The author considers in detail the practice of the use of virtual social networks by the disabled persons. The work discusses the issues connected with social integration and adaptation of visually impaired people. The emphasis is made on the process of the integration of the disabled persons into the society by the means of opportunities provided by the Internet. The experience of the Russian Federation in this field is analysed. In particular, the attention is paid to the Russian Federation Government Programme "Accessible Environment". The article provides the examples of existing virtual social networks for the visually impaired people. The statistics of the World Health Prganisation has been used. The methodological basis of the research is comprised of classical and modern theoretical provisions of social and humanitarian fields of scientific knowledge, allowing to consider the basic regulation of the social processes involving visually impaired citizens. The research conducted by the authors significantly filled the gaps in the scientific knowledge regarding the processes of adaptation of the disabled persons into the society using the opportunities offered by the virtual social networks. Methodological significance is justified by the criteria and indexes of sociological monitoring and the evaluation of the level of adaptation and integration of the disabled people into public institutions, suggested by the authors.