THE HISTORICAL GENESIS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA
The article is dedicated to the relevant issue of the civil society genesis in Russia during the formation of a centralized state. A historical sketch of the Russian centralized multinational state formation in the aspect of civil society structures formation is given. The key factors of the civil society genesis are reviewed: capitalism, the forces of market exchange, urban culture, law as a guarantor of self-governing structures of society, pluralism of power. The causes and logic of the civil society genesis, the circumstances hindering its development are analyzed. The role of the unique historical path of Russia in the civil structures' formation. The significance of the politar phenomenon for the development of civil society is analyzed.