The collective monograph reflects the most important results of the first stage of fundamental scientific research. performed at the Faculty of Economics of St. Petersburg State University at the Department of Management and Planning of Socio-Economic Processes in 2011-2012 (state registration number 01201259001) . It is devoted to the fundamental problems of formation and development of the system of strategic management at the federal and regional levels. For a wide range of researchers , Research Fellows , Professionals in Public and Regional Administration , Teachers , Post-graduate and graduate students , as well as experts and practitioners, participating in the development of the most important strategic directions at various levels of the territorial management system. The book was prepared by a team of authors under the scientific guidance of the Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation , Doctor of Economics , Professor , Head of the Department of Management and Planning of Socio-Economic Processes of the Faculty of Economics of St. Petersburg State University . In. Kuznetsova .