The issues of ensuring the long-term socio-economic development of the state and its subjects are of a strategic character and hold one of the key places in the system of public administration in Russia. One of the prospective directions is industrial development, with the right methodological approach, economic sectors and industry can act as long-term drivers of the development of the economy and society. It is indicated that for this purpose it is advisable to use the methodology of industrial strategizing, which is one of the directions of the general theory of strategy and the strategizing methodology of the national scientific school, the founder of which is Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sc. (Econ.), professor Vladimir L. Kvint. In accordance with this, in order to initiate the process of industrial strategizing, the author conducts an in-depth study of the strategic object, which consists in conducting strategic diagnostics, namely, assessing the impact of industries on the long-term socioeconomic development of Russia, studying the character and initial trajectory of industrial development. It is noted that the purpose of strategizing the industrial development of Russia should be the formation of a strong industrial core through the discovery and implementation of such strategic opportunities that effectively use the existing competitive advantages, as well as guarantee the generation of multiplicative effects that ensure the socio-economic development of the country and its subjects.