Elena A. Antipova, Tatyana I. Alyunova, Georgy L. Belov, Larisa G. Vasilyeva, Igor P. Nikolaev, Alexandra N. Nikolaeva, Tatyana N. Kokotkina, Evgeny I. Tsaregorodtsev, The Role of Human Capital in the Development of the Region, The Social Sciences, Volume 11,Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1641-1646, ISSN 1818-5800, sscience.2016.1641.1646, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.1641.1646) Abstract: Human capital in particular region has its own specifics. In the research, the identified factors of formation and development of the human capital of the Chuvash Republic are detected, a model of the index of human capital in the region is offered. The strategic orientations of human capital formation on the basis of the requirements of sustainable innovation development of the region is suggested. Keywords: Human capital;social progress;regional development;formation;sustainable innovation