The State Activity of M. M. Speransky in the Latest Russian Journal Scientific Periodicals: Views and Assessments

Abstract

Approaches and estimates of the state activity of the political figure, the large reformer in imperial Russia M. M. Speransky is considered. The author analyzed the latest publications on this subject in the leading domestic scientific magazines for 2017-2021. It is noted that interest in the state activity of the reformer has constant and steady character. The author investigated such aspects of a problem as: the general estimates of M. M. Speransky and a basis of his political and legal views, projects of the state transformations and their realization, a role of the reformer in development of the Russian law, the Siberian reforms according to the modern journal periodical press. It is emphasized that the interest of researchers is attracted by projects of the state reforms, especially emergence and activity of the State Council and the future not only this power institution, but those principles on which it arose initially. The role of the statesman in formation of institutional function of the mechanism of the state is shown. Rather new plot is studying projects and Speransky's activity in formation of financial science and also fundamentals of domestic law and legal education in Russia. The author paid attention to new aspects in studying the Siberian reforms of M. M. Speransky which study has fruitful historiographic tradition, their assessment is given. The conclusion is drawn that the total number of publications on the analyzed questions, in comparison, for example, with the Soviet period, increased considerably. New problems on a joint historical began to be studied and jurisprudence, to be applied the comparative method and a comparativist in general as the direction of researches more widely. Along with it the prospects of further studying a subject in connection with new objective conditions of development of modern social and humanitarian knowledge are planned.