The historical development of the shadow economy in Russia was analyzed in the article. Received material was used in the scientific research of the evolution tendencies of the shadow economy in the global economic systems. The research was based on the material of the Ural Federal District.

The influence of socio-economic consequences of world economic crisis on the regional shadow economy was studied in this article. As a result the economy-mathematical model of the regional shadow economy in the conditions of the world economic crisis was developed. The offered model was used for forecasting of a shadow activity dynamic under the influence of crisis tendencies in the economy.