Specialists in the field of family research emphasize that the history of the family in Russia, as in all other countries of the world, is closely linked to the social, economic, and political processes of the modernization of society. The general vector of the development of the institution of the family, under the influence of processes of modernization, is linked to the establishment of particular social relations and forms of the organization of life, to a stronger orientation toward the individuation of family members and to the emergence of more democratic relations between married partners, parents and children, and other family members [1].The various stages of the development of a society are characEnglish translation