In the article meaning of the terms political elite and political class and specific common traits of new elites and political institutions of the post-Soviet space are considered. It is indicated that simultaneously with the process of reformation of the Moldovan society an affirmation and development of the political elite, that passes in its evolution certain phases, take place. A special attention is paid to the examination of democratic transition in our country, demonstrating that political elites have been confronted with three main types of transition (political transition, social and economic transition and the process of integration in the occidental institutional structures as a separate stage of the transformation. These and other problems are discussed from the perspective of possible entering and integration of the Republic of Moldova in the European Union.