Sociocultural differentiation of the contemporary Republic of Belarus society

The article presents the results of empirical study of socio stratification in the Republicof Belarus. The conception of the research is based on the approach of cultural sociology. The main hypothesis is that the processes of social stratification in all areas (fields) of the company have not only economic but also sociocultural conditionality. The author applies to the methodology developed in his study of value priorities. This empirical sociological measurement gives an opportunity to trace the dynamics of basic and instrumental values. An attempt was made to build a sociocultural differentiation for concrete regions of the Belarusand for the country in whole. It is shown that sociocultural characteristics are closely linked to economic and status-, and behavioral levels. It is proved that the greater is the interdependence between economic and sociocultural factors, the more "successful" is the region.