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The analysis of the social-economic transformation system of rural local communities allows identifying main trends of institutional change. Economic reforms in the mid-1990s marked the beginning of the institutional change procedure. The study objective is to establish the characteristics of rural local community transformation in the context of institutional change. The research methodology is based on applying a modernization paradigm based on the concept of “catch-up modernization”. Main aspects of development of rural local communities include the state agrarian policy, mixed economy, human capital. Studying the dynamics of integrative structures of the modern rural society showed that changes in the state agrarian policy (including measures to improve the efficiency of agricultural production and restructuring the agricultural sector), stabilizing the institutional and socio-economic spheres of the Russian society led to evolutionary changes in adaptation practices of rural local communities. Mixed economy development in the socio-economic structure of the agrarian-industrial complex contributes to the emergence of a new innovative economic system - agricultural holdings. Their share in product production increases, and the role of small producers declines. These processes contribute to changing the social-economic behavior of rural local communities. The villagers’ activity of private farms is reduced. These transformations have resulted in rising labor productivity and gross domestic product, developing a wide market of agricultural products. The author has identified two main models of adaptation that play a decisive role in the modern countryside life, symbiosis of large-scale farms and small-scale production economics. This phenomenon prevailed in the 1990s - early 2000s. Innovation economy is presented by large farming and agricultural holdings integrated with financial capital.