The Constitutional Paradigm of the State in the Mirror of the Century of the USSR
Introduction. The Soviet constitutional paradigm and its abolition are analysed as the legal reason for the collapse of the USSR, the signs of which are subjected to self-destruction. Theoretical Basis. Methods. The research methodology is largely determined by its goals, the main of which is to analyse the constitutional paradigm of the modern Russian state in the light of the collapse of the USSR. Along with the general scientific methods of materialistic dialectics, logic, and system-functional analysis, historical-legal, comparative-legal, and formal-legal methods are widely used. Results. One of the factors of the collapse of the USSR seems to have occurred during a very short time period (1989-1991). This was the revolutionary form of the abolition of the constitutional paradigm of the state and its legal system, and the self-destruction of the signs of the state. The legal reasons (factors) that worked for the collapse of the USSR can, if they are not identified and efforts are not made to eliminate them in modern conditions, be used for the collapse of the Russian state. Discussion and Conclusion. The constitutional paradigm of the modern Russian state, originally built on romantic notions of liberal Western constitutional values, is currently evolving in search of taking into account national continuity in the socialisation of the state, building a balance of constitutional rights and obligations, features of separation of powers with a strong presidential power.