KURULTAI AS AN ORGAN OF THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATION OF THE TURKIC-SPEAKING PEOPLES: HISTORY AND MODERNITY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE AND MODERN BASHKORTOSTAN)
The article describes the history of the appearance and development of the Kurultai as a body of popular representation in the Mongolian state of the Genghis Khan era and in one of its historical and cultural legal successors: the Republic of Bashkortostan. Also, the historical and modern example shows how the bodies of people's representation are formed.