The historical formation of the concepts of territorial structure in Russian political and legal thought during the formation of the Soviet State

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the process of formation of concepts of territorial structure in Russian political and legal thought during the creation of the Soviet state. The importance of the study is due to the fact that the territorial organization of power was a key element in the formation of the Soviet state and had a significant impact on the further political development of Russia and the post-Soviet republics. The approaches to the territorial structuring of the state proposed during this period laid the foundations for the subsequent formation of the Soviet federation and interethnic relations. The study uses methodological approaches of historical and legal analysis to identify the evolution of ideas and concepts related to the territorial organization of power. A comparative method is also used to compare the views of various political and legal thinkers who influenced the development of the territorial foundations of the Soviet state. The study showed that the territorial structure in the Russian political and legal thought of the Soviet period was not a static concept, but developed under the influence of various historical factors and ideological trends. The article examines the key concepts of the federal and national structure proposed at that time. The influence of external factors, such as revolutionary events and the civil war, which led to the emergence of new ideas about decentralization and federalism, is noted. According to the results of the work, it was revealed that the concepts of territorial structure were based on the need to take into account the heterogeneous composition of the country and the existing interethnic contradictions. The results of the study allow for a deeper understanding of the process of formation of the territorial organization of power in the Soviet state. The evolution of these concepts had a significant impact on the further development of the USSR state system and modern political and legal concepts of statehood in Russia and post-Soviet countries. The article contributes to the study of issues of Russian political and legal thought, revealing important aspects of the formation of the territorial structure of the Soviet state.