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The paper considers the role of social networks in the Russian system of higher education in connection with its entering the unified world educational space. The modern state of the social network studies abroad is described. An intercultural aspect of the social network research is revealed in the article. There is proposed a definition of the intercultural social network, and the prospects of its construction are described. A special attention is given to the resource potential of the intercultural social networks in the system of improvement of professional skills on the example of the President's Program.