Abstract
The article is dedicated to peculiarities of the financial and economic crisis of nowadays and its considerable differences in comparison to the traditional recurring crises of overproduction. The work reflects process of drawing of some developing countries and first of all oil-extracting countries into the modern financial and economic crisis. The estimation of experiences and measures directed to going out of the Great Depression in the framework New Course of F.D. Roosevelt occupies the important place in the article. The article also analyzes its affectivity and applicability in the conditions of the current Russia.