The scientific and technological revolution and its impact on state governance in legal studies of the Soviet period.

The subject of the study is the legal positions of Soviet scholars on the issues of the scientific and technological revolution and its impact on public administration. The aim of the research is to analyze Soviet theory of the scientific and technological revolution and its influence on public administration. The relevance of the research topic is determined by the necessity to consider the principle of continuity of scientific knowledge. The author argues the hypothesis that contemporary theory of digitalization in public administration largely relies on the conclusions of Soviet scholars regarding the influence of scientific and technological progress on management processes in the state. The article examines variants of the correlation between the concepts of information, legal regulation, and public administration in legal research during the Soviet period. These and other positions of domestic scholars became the legal foundation of the modern theory of digitalization in public administration. The research methods employed include comparative analysis, historical analysis, methods of systematization and classification, and methods of legal formalization. The main conclusions of the author are theses about the contribution of domestic legal scholars from the Soviet period to the development of the concept of the scientific and technological revolution and its impact on public administration. Based on the conducted analysis of Soviet legal literature, the author proposes a correlation between Soviet approaches to the automation of management processes and modern trends in the development of the concept of digitalization in public administration. Conclusions are drawn about the Soviet version of the correlation of the concepts of information, law, and public administration. A thesis is proposed about understanding the nationwide automated management system as a prototype of modern digital ecosystems in public administration. Attention is drawn to the significance of the responsibility of public administration bodies for the decisions made in the context of automation of management processes. The novelty of the study lies in the assessment of the significant contribution of Soviet scholars to the formation of the theory of digitalization in public administration.