HISTORICAL-LEGAL FUNDAMENTALS OF THE STATE RUSSIAN POLITICS IN XVI-XVIII CENTURIES TOWARDS ABORIGINAL PEOPLES ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE MORDVINS
Историко-правовые основы государственной политики России в XVI–XVIII веках в отношении коренных народов: на примере мордвы
2020-09-23
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The rationale of the study is the uniqueness of the system of the multi-national and multi-confessional Russian state. Peoples' inclusion into a single state legal framework determined the need to develop a relevant ethnic legal policy. In this regard, this paper is aimed at articulating the legal fundamentals of the Russian politics in XVI-XVIII centuries towards aboriginal peoples on the example of the Mordvins. The paper discusses the key aspects of the Mordvins life under the Russian law. It looks into 16th-18th centuries regulations regarding non-Russians that determined the specifics of their adaptation within Russia. The study is mainly based on the formal-legal, historical-legal methodology with emphasis on sociocultural and legal-anthropological approaches, which made it possible to historically and legally assess laws and regulations that reflect specifics of Mordvins position in the 16th-18th centuries. The paper has a practical value for improving the legislation for inter-ethnic relations and strengthening the foundations of federalism as the key characteristic of the Russian state.
Key Findings
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A formal-legal and historical-legal analysis, supplemented by sociocultural and legal-anthropological approaches, assesses laws governing Mordvin communities.
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Sixteenth–eighteenth-century regulations concerning non-Russians shaped the Mordvins’ adaptation and position within the Russian state.
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The analysis identifies key aspects of Mordvin life and status under Russian law within a multinational and multiconfessional state.
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The findings are presented as practically relevant for improving interethnic legislation and strengthening federalism in Russia.
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The study reconstructs the legal foundations of Russian policy toward Indigenous peoples in the sixteenth–eighteenth centuries using the Mordvins as a case study.
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Mordvins under Russian law in the 16th–18th centuries
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The historical-legal foundations and regulatory determinants of their adaptation and position within the Russian state
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