  We present a summary of the International conference "Problems of practical
cosmology", held at Russian Geographical Society, 23-27 June 2008,
St.-Petersburg, Russia, where original reports were offered for discussion of
new developments in modern cosmological physics, including the large scale
structure of the Universe, the evolution of galaxies, cosmological effects in
the local stellar systems, gravity physics for cosmology, cosmological models,
and crucial observational tests of rival world models. The term "Practical
Cosmology" was introduced by Allan Sandage in 1995 when he formulated "23
astronomical problems for the next three decades" at the conference on "Key
Problems in Astronomy and Astrophysics" held at Canary Islands. Now when the
first decade has passed, we can summarise the present situation in cosmological
physics emphasizing interesting hot problems that have arisen during the last
decade. Full texts of all reports are available at the website of the
conference.
