ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with an overview of practices and trajectories of socio-
political activity in the Soviet Union. This historical review contextualizes
contemporary civic activity and is essential for understanding its develop-
ment and forms. The second section discusses general characteristics and
development trends of post-Soviet civic activity. The third section presents a
general view of the civic organization field in Tver0 based on a representative survey conducted among registered civic organizations. It investigates
the structures, practices and participants of civic organizations, and identifies the central logics according to which organizations operate. The results
from the Tver0 survey are compared and discussed in relation to studies of civic organizations in other Russian regions, enabling the formulation of
more general arguments about patterns of civic activity in Russia.
