исторический опыт,
крепостное право,
национальные окраины,
Российская империя
Abstract
This article presents the historical experience of state reforms, which are one of the most urgent tasks of Russian historical science throughout the entire period of its development. The Law of February 19, 1861 is not considered as a separate, isolated act, but represents the basis for the modernization of the entire state system. The author notes that the study of the legislative activity of the highest state institutions of the Russian Empire in the era of fundamental reforms of the 1860s and 1870s makes it possible to better understand the processes taking place in the authorities of the Russian Federation today.
