This article is based on scientific literature about Russian innovative economy. It has new conceptualcontent of innovative activity. The works of native and foreign scientists are investigated and analysed in itand six main schools of sciences are presented there. The concepts of innovations, the innovativeenvironment, the innovative process, the innovative and their impact on national innovativesystem are articulated there. In its turn this system has to create legislative and normative bases which interactwith system of generation, distribution, introduction and knowledge and results use and alsowith innovative activity infrastructure, with education, production and market spheres. Thus we confirmthat national innovative system has to lead country to an innovative way as by dint of nationalinnovative system institutes innovations have to be concentrated and directed where they are necessary. Also,the questions under consideration of these articles emphasize that innovations are main condition of thenational economy economic growth of Russia. The question is carrying-out of priority innovative programs andprojects, an increase of scientific development use, manufacturing application of fundamental and appliedresearches results. It is important because of innovative activity in Russia has increased under influenceof a great demand of scientific and technical products from state and non-state sector of economy. Also it isimportant to accent that innovative activity is of territorial natural though regional innovative processesare inseparably linked with solution of national scientific and technological problems.