Social and Legal Aspects of Protecting the Rights of Orphans and Children Left without Parental Care in Russia (10th-18th Centuries)

The authors consider the main trends in the evolution of care in Russia for orphaned children and children left without parental care as one of the social functions of the state. The article analyzes a number of legal regulations of different years, which enshrine the norms governing the operation of care homes in Russia and in Russia in different time periods. The authors concluded that the emergence of state social care oc-curred during the reign of Peter the Great, but only by the end of the 18th century, measures to solve the problem of protecting children belonging to these categories began to acquire a centralized state-legal character. This article will be useful for students, masters, postgraduates and all persons interested in the historical and legal aspects of regulating the upbringing of children left without parental supervision.