Legislative Provisions of Pre-Revolutionary Russia as An institutional Determinant Ethnocultural and Religious Policy

The history of the country is a source of social experience, a certain system of coordinates, and the basis for an adequate response to modern problems. An appeal to the past can be useful in developing potential strategies for social development. Legislative documents of pre-revolutionary Russia appear to be a resource, an unbiased interpretation of which will contribute to the productive regulation of ethnic, religious and confessional issues and the further development of civil consent.

Keywords: Complete collection of Laws of the Russian Empire, Orthodoxy, freedom of religion, national language, religion, religious tolerance.