1 Foundations of the state structure. the Russian Federation. 2. Formation and development of local self-government . Principles, essence of local self-government . History of Local Self-Government Development in Russia . European Models of Self-Government Development . Local self-government in the Ulyanovsk region . Organizational foundations of local self-government . 3. Financial and economic foundations of local self-government . Economic basis of local self-government. Budget system of municipal education . Inter-budgetary relations . 4. Current state and strategy of economic development of Ulyanovsk region. Concepts of development of the Ulyanovsk region until 2020. Strategies for the socio-economic development of industries . Development of cluster technologies of the Ulyanovsk region for 2020. Organizational and management cluster of development of the region . Annex