DEVELOPMENT OF CHARITY AND STATE APPEARANCE IN RUSSIA IN THE XVIII CENTURY
This article is devoted to analysis of the formation of the state charity in Russia in the 18th century. Changes are considered, first of all, in the field of charity management. Relying on royal decrees as normative acts, the author tracks the dynamics of transformations in the system of governing bodies, starting with the Patriarchal and Pharmaceutical Orders. The author states that the creation of Orders of Public Charity under Catherine II and the publication of the City Regulations strengthen etatistical tendencies in the management of public charity.