[About quality of life of individuals disabled because of amputation in the Russian Federation].

The article presents characteristics of the factors affecting the quality of life of individuals with amputations of upper and lower limbs. The sources of the study were data of Rosstat, publications of Russian and foreign authors, the Federal Law "On social protection of disabled people in the Russian Federation", the UN Convention on the rights of disabled people and the State program of the Russian Federation "Accessible environment". On the basis of study results the actual characteristic of factors of quality of life of disabled amputees in the Russian Federation was presented.