Political Science and economic changes in Russia in the late XX. - early XXI. century were so significant that completely changed the social structure of the country. Against this background there was a sharp aggravation of social and property differentiation in society. This article deals with the problem of polarization of money incomes of population and change of their structuration. The authors also analyze the specificity of poverty phenomenon in the contexts of Russian socio-economic space which is being observed in recent years. This article deals with the phenomenon of resentment and its relationship with the many social life phenomena. Particular attention is given to the examples of Russian reality.
