<p>The paper presents the results of the initial adaptation and validation of the &laquo;The Process of Retirement Planning Scale&raquo; questionnaire, developed by a team of New Zealand scientists. Verification of the reliability and discriminativeness of the questionnaire subscales, gender differences and the model of retirement preparation were performed on a sample of 337 respondents (43 to 65 years old). Convergent validity was checked on a sample of 202 respondents (45 to 63 years old). Results showed that questionnaire has good psychometric measures and preserve 4-component model of retirement preparedness on a sample of Russian pre-retirees. Final version of questionnaire includes 35 items divided into 4 subscales and has a high degree of reliability-consistency: &laquo;Retirement representations&raquo; (Cronbach's alpha = 0,933), &laquo;Retirement goals&raquo; (Cronbach's alpha = 0.862), &laquo;The decision to prepare for retirement&raquo; (Cronbach's alpha = 0.855), &laquo;Preparing for retirement&raquo; (Cronbach's alpha = 0.854). &laquo;The Process of Retirement Planning Scale&raquo; is a reliable instrument measuring the stages of the process under study and can be used in psychological studies of pre-retirement planning.</p>