“Civilization”: terminological diversityAnd legal identity

In the article, in the paradigm of the history of the state and the theory of law, existing definitions of the phenomenon “civilization” are analyzed, an understanding of its content in various fields of knowledge is revealed, in particular, the relationship between the concepts of “faction” and “civilization” is established, their genesis is traced in the format of emergence and death. Particular attention is paid to the theoretical foundations of such concepts as “sovereignty of the state”, “Slavic-Russian civilization”, “state-civilization”, “Russian world”, “civilizational space of Russia”. In this regard, the theoretical and legal concepts reflected in the speeches of the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, other participants of the XXV World Russian People’s Council are analyzed. The author’s position is presented on a number of controversial issues in the format of history and theory of law.