The Institute of Representation in the Russian Public Authority System: the Experience of Theoretical and Historical Modeling

The article provides a general theoretical analysis of the institution of representation. Its definition is formulated, its characteristic features are highlighted, and the peculiarities of understanding, structuring, and functioning of representation in the basic branches of the regulatory system of Russian law are shown. A retrospective analysis of the formation and development of the institution of representation in the history of the Russian state and legal system is conducted, with an emphasis on the foundations of the formation of representative structures in the conditions of monarchical and Soviet Russia. The socio-legal basis for the formation and functioning of the institution of representation in the Russian Federation at the present stage of its representation is determined. The electoral groups that collectively form the united people of the Russian Federation are identified and the peculiarities of representing their interests at the state level are shown.