Great Russian Revolution of 1917: from the february Events to the october overturn
The paper analyses the peculiarities of the political process in post- February revolutionary period which was notable for peculiar political forces arrangement, mythologized public consciousness with its belief in miracles and «setting in the realm of freedom». A new legal system was not developed, the level of public legal awareness and political culture was very low. This was one of the important reasons of Russian sovereignty downfall, the situation in the center and the province confirming this. The events of July and August demonstrated that in the current situation neither the liberal-democratic way, nor establishing authoritarianism in the form of military dictatorship could be implemented in Russia.