The formation of federalism in Russia (1917–1922): historical and legal study

Abstract

The article is a study that demonstrates the development of such a type of territorial structure as federalism in Russia, starting from the Russian Empire of the early XX century and ending with the revolutionary events of 1917–1922. The author notes that the territorial structure of the Russian Empire can be described as complex, combining the features of both federalism and unitarism, and the Russian Federation is only beginning to build its own federal model. Within the framework of the historical and legal part of the work, the revolutionary events of 1917–1922 are investigated among other things from the point of view of possible construction of Federal model of the state structure, and it is noted, that contrary to the popular opinion about saving the Russian state integrity by the Bolsheviks at that time, historical events suggest the opposite. It is concluded, that the chances of building a federal state system in Russia during the historical development of this state have arisen repeatedly.