Політико–адміністративний устрій Київської Русі кінця ІХ – кінця ХІ ст.: історіографічний аналіз

Abstract

In article the author has come tothe conclusion, that the present general representations about the politi- cal-administrative system of the Kievan Rus’ are at a level of sights Soviet and before Soviet researchers. The majority of them adhered to sights approached to the "official historiography". As the basic connecting force of this device they considered authority of the prinse, but if first thought, that she was organized by a patrimonial principle, second - on feudal-class. Directions, which arose as opposed to these concepts, basically were based on underestimation of a role of prince and exaggeration of weight of a people in government.