ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE IN THE CONTEXT OF POLYGYNOUS RELATIONS

As a part of the study, the main legal accents of the process of transformation of marriage forms are identified. Attention is drawn to the fact that the institution of marriage has historically changed in two directions: in the forms and types of marriage. It is revealed that in society there is a "reflux" process of restructuring the civil form of marriage into a religious one. In this regard, in modern Russian society have become dominant confessional ceremony at the conclusion of marriage. Thus, this indicates that in the past the process of transformation of the form of marriage took place from religious to civil, but now there is a reverse trend. In this aspect, the types of marriages according to the criteria of the number of partners entering into marriage and family relations are considered in detail, and also monogamous marriage and polygamous marriage are distinguished by this criterion. The latter type is studied in the context of polygyny, which is characterized by the marriage relationship of one man and several women, and polyandry - a very rare form of marriage, in which the number of male partnerships prevails. The legal assessment of legalization of polygamous relations in modern Russian society is given.

religious and civil forms of marriage, monogamous and polygamous marriage relations, polygyny and polyandry, legalization of religious marriage