Brezgulyevskaya, N.V. Federation and federalism: types and models.

Abstract: In this article N.V. Brezgulevskaya analyses the terms “federation” and “federalism”, their correlation and classification. Having analyzed the views of those in favor of separating the terms «federation” and “federalism” (such as E.V. Tadevosyan, V.E. Chirkina) and those against seeing “federation” and “federalism” as different terms (such as V.G. Vishnyakova, O.Y. Oboldina, L.M. Karapetyan), author comes to a conclusion that it is necessary to see “federalism” as a separate term from “federation”, cites a number of models of federalism.