摘要:Definition of the category of "modernization" has been given, development of modernization school has been represented. It was found that in social sphere social and demographic aspects of modernization are described by the concept of "social mobilization", and in economic sphere they are accompanied by technological growth, the principles of which are scientific knowledge. It has been proved that at the macro and mezolevels the capitalization process is seen as industrial consuption of the national income and regional revenue as a whole. It has been proved that capitalization is a system entity that provides increment of assets, both material and other ones, promotes growth of national economy, and as a general indicator of capitalization not only describes the state of management object, but also determines the rate of the economy growth as a whole, level of welfare and living standards. It has been emphasized that the sustainable development of a country, a region, a company within modernization is possible due to capitalization, causing the processes associated with transferring synthesized capital, increasing relative value added. We suppose that capitalization should be seen as a strategic direction of country modernization