THE PREDICTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE RSFSR 1918
The article considers constitutional projects as a direction of Russia’s foreign policy activity since the 19th century. - the draft constitution of the Ionian Islands, prepared in 1804, the Constitution of Finland in 1809, the Constitution of Poland in 1815. In the last constitution, one of the most liberal at that time, electoral systems operated. The adoption of the Basic State Laws of the Russian Empire in 1906 was a statement of practical constitutionalism in our country. In the solution of the most important questions of state life, the main role belonged to the emperor. For the first time the unitary form of the state structure is clearly legally fixed. As a guarantor of state unity, the national language is called Russian. Of particular importance for practical constitutionalism was the creation in Russia of a bicameral parliament, and the people's representation in the person of the second chamber - the State Duma. The status of a person, a citizen, is enshrined following the provisions on the essence of the supreme autocratic power. The same approach was adopted in our country in the future - this was done in the Constitution of the USSR in 1977 and the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993. The Basic State Laws of 1906 stipulate provisions relating to all the components of the status of the Russian citizen. The adoption of the Basic State Laws of 1906 was the starting point for the establishment of practical constitutionalism in Russia.