Legal Regulation of the Administrative Territorial Structure of National Autonomies in 1977–1991 (the Example of the South of Russia)

Abstract

The historical and legal aspects of the administrative-territorial structure of the national autonomies of the South of Russia in the period from the adoption of the Constitution of the USSR in 1977 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991 are investigated. The constitutional foundations, acts of the supreme bodies of state power of the RSFSR on the issues of the administrative-territorial structure of autonomies were analyzed. The legal specificity of the regulation of the issues of the administrative-territorial structure in relation to the autonomous republics and autonomous regions has been revealed. The examples of the regulation of the administrative-territorial structure are given on the example of the autonomies of the South of the RSFSR. In 1990-1991, political and legal processes of sovereignty had a significant influence on the reform of the administrative-territorial division. The specificity of the autonomy of the South of Russia was in the problems of territorial rehabilitation of the repressed peoples and territorial disputes.