PARLAMENTARISM IN RUSSIA AND ITS REALIZATION IN IХ- ХХ CENTURIES: HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS
The history of formation of representative bodies in Russia, since popular assemblies, Zemsky Sobors to parlamentarism of the beginning of the XX century is considered. It is shown that the State Duma played an important role in the mechanism of public administration of that time. However the process of formation of this body, formation of its functions, definitions of the place and role in the state life was rather difficult. During the pre-Soviet period the first attempts to estimate the contents and value of parliamentary experience of legislative activity in Russia, to compare it with the gained experience in foreign countries were made. The special attention is paid to views of K.P. Pobedonostsev who had a critical attitude to democratic ideas, modern to him. The conclusion on the developed historical and legal traditions of the Russian parlamentarism, that the neglect of the national centuries-old traditions can have negative consequences is drawn.