The System of State Power and the Formation of Armed Forces of Russian Principalities in the X–XIII Centuries

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of the system of state power and the basis of the formation of armed forces in the principalities of Ancient Russia. The role of cities in the formation of the armed forces and their relationship with the princely power is studied. The differences in the legal and political status of different categories of city-states in the Russian principalities are studied. The article deals with the problems of real rights to land in the aspect of the formation of the armed forces and the formation of the feudal elite of the old Russian principalities. The legal status of soldiers in comparison with other categories of the population is studied. The questions of common interests of the ruling princely dynasty and the population of Ancient Russia, as well as the contradictions arising between them in the aspect of the formation of the army as the most important coercive force of the state are studied. The analysis of documentary sources on the history of ancient law, chronicles, norms of Russian Truth, the diplomatic correspondence of the Russian princes with the Byzantine emperors, etc. Conducted a comparative analysis of the formation of feudal elites in the armed forces in the state of the Franks and in Ancient Russia. The differences in the formation of the Lena army in the countries of Medieval Europe and the Prince's squads in the Russian principalities are revealed. The interrelation of construction of system of the state power, tax system, the social device and completing of armed forces is studied.