The article deals with the most important Russian social and political concepts on the theory of empires. By analyzing more than twenty years the debate on the subject of imperial systems, and the reasons for their breakup. The author is widely quoted by a variety of sources - from academic researchers to contemporary writers. Theory empires regarded as a functional point of view, and from the state and legal.

The article deals with the most important Russian social and political concepts on the theory of empires. By analyzing more than twenty years the debate on the subject of imperial systems, and the reasons for their breakup. The author is widely quoted by a variety of sources - from academic researchers to contemporary writers. Theory empires regarded as a functional point of view, and from the state and legal.