Keyword: «russian federalism»

In the largest period of its statehood, our Fatherland had a monarchical form of government, a unitary state system and an undemocratic political regime. Two revolutions of 1917 determined the radical renewal, and then scrapping of the well-established centuries-old forms of the Russian state. In line with the large-scale socio-political and socio-economic changes caused by them, Russia became a republic in September 1917, a federation in January 1918, and in July 1918, the dictatorship of the proletariat, fixed in its first Constitution, and predetermined a new political regime, which was abandoned only in 1977. The dramatic events of 1991 led to the death of the Soviet state, the collapse of the USSR, the loss of the second economy of the world, the loss of half of the population, and many other serious consequences for the country and its people. The article analyzes the federalism updated in the early 90s of the last century, its current state and the problems identified by the authors.