LEGAL REGULATION OF MARRIAGE REGISTRATION: HISTORY AND MODERNITY
The authors conduct a comparative analysis of the legal regulation of marriage registration in the context of the evolution of the state legal system from the time of Ancient Russia to modern Russia. It describes the specifics of the legal regulators operating in the field of marriage registration before and after the adoption of Christianity, defines the role of secular law in reforming family and marriage relations in the era of the Russian Empire, and formulates a system of regulatory legal acts regulating the institution of marriage registration in the USSR and modern Russia.