The Kormchiye Books and the Reception of Byzantine Law in Ancient Russia
The purpose of this work is to investigate of the reception of the norms of Byzantine law in Ancient Russia, on the example of the Nomocanon and Kormchiye Books. A brief analysis of the formation of the legislation of the Ancient Russian state in the context of active interaction with the Byzantine Empire is carried out. The features of church legal regulation of social relations which have set humanistic character of development of law, culture and society in the Russian state are considered.