Nuriev, G.H. Some issues regarding development of federalism in Russia.

Abstract: This article is devoted to various aspects, positive and negative features of state construction of Russia at the Tsarist, Soviet and modern time. The author insists that at the current stage the Russian federal policy should be formed in such a way that the historical unity of peoples of the Russian Federation and integrity of its territory should not be disturbed. Keywords: administrative and territorial structure, national and territorial structure, federation, self-determination, nation, people, territory, ethnic group, national and cultural autonomy, state structure, statehood