目前，由於社會責任問題討論的日益普及，社會創業 - 專注於創造共同利益的企業 - 正變得越來越流行。
尽管这种企業經營在西方国家已经广为人知，但其在俄羅斯的知名度剛開始提高，其將來發展方向仍然模糊不清。
本論文對俄羅斯社會創業之發展進行了全面研究， 揭示這種企業的趨勢和特點，並解釋它們發生的原因。
具體的說，社會創業家的自我認同問題為俄羅斯社會創業發展的最主要的特徵，這種問題由於俄羅斯缺乏關於社會創業的明確立法以及社會對這一概念的無知所致就發生。
這樣一來，這類特點對俄羅斯社會企業繁榮創造障礙，因为它阻礙国家和企業的关系，甚至使管理和治理風格的選擇複雜化。

Currently, due to the fact that there is increased popularity of discourses on social responsibility issues, social entrepreneurship - business that is focusing on creating common good, is becoming more and more vogue.
Although that type of entrepreneurship is already well-known and studied in Western countries, its spreading is only gaining momentum in Russia and directions of its development there are still vague.
The current paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of social entrepreneurship in Russia, reveals the characteristics and features inherent to this type of business and explains the causes of their occurrence.
Particularly, there is the issue of social entrepreneurs’ self-identification highlighted as a central peculiarity, that is caused by the lack of clear legislation on social entrepreneurship in Russia and ignorance of this concept in society as a whole. Throughout, all this creates obstacles to the prosperity of social entrepreneurship in Russia, as it tangles the regulation of relations with the state and commercial organizations, and even complicates the selection of management and governance style.

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