Some historical aspects of development of the constitutional right of citizens to participate in the management of state affairs

The purpose of this work is to study the most significant episodes in the history of the realization of the right to participate in the management of state affairs in Russia from the Middle Ages to the present day. The author finds that in Russia in all periods of the history of the state the idea of people's participation in government was demanded. This idea was put forward by ancient philosophers. Moreover, the author concludes that currently there are gaps in the perception of this right and a lack of legal culture of the population as a whole. The author emphasized the key stages in the development of the right of citizens to apply to state authorities. The author calls upon, when considering forms of exercising the right of citizens to participate in the management of state affairs, not to reduce the discussion to a close study of the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, but to take into account and comprehensively study new forms of exercising this right.

constitutional law, democracy, state power, local government, referendum, jury trial