Abstract: This article is dedicated to the discussion of problems of higher education that are associated with globalization. Russia's entrance to the Bologna process alongside the transition onto the three-level system of education "bachelor's degree - master's degree - post-graduate school" for increasing the rating of Russian education abroad, provide educational services to foreign citizens in Russian universities, expand and strengthen the country's positions in the world educational space, can be viewed as a process of globalization of education in Russia.  Based on the example of mathematical training of sociology students, the work analyzes the occurring problems, as well as the possible ways for their resolution. The classical and modern theoretical positions of the social and humanitarian branches of scientific knowledge formed the methodological basis of the research, which allows analyzing the Federal Program for the Development of Education over the period of 2016-2020 and the content of the training program for bachelor's sociologists on the GEF standard. The authors come to the conclusion that the impact of globalization processes upon education has positive and negative sides. Negative sides, such as, for example, the shortage of hours for acquiring new knowledge beyond the scope of the standard, can be balanced by the development and implementation of the remote forms of education. The graded rating system of the assessment of knowledge as a concurrent factor to the globalization of education must be implemented with consideration of the national pedagogical achievements. Meeting this requirements will lead to the successful acquisition of standards, and eventually, to the competitiveness of future Russian sociologists.

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.