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Abstract. In the article the author tries to explain different historical phenomena from the point of view of changing the entropy of social-economic formations, states and social groups. The application of the second principle of thermo-dynamics to the analysis of historical phenomena shows that the stability of a public formation is determined by the degree of the regulation of the caracteristic relations between members or by chaos measure.

Key words and phrases: изменение энтропии, второе начало термодинамики, степень регламентации общественных отношений, мера хаоса, устойчивость общества, entropy change, the second principle of thermo-dynamics, degree of regulation of public relations, chaos measure, society stability