ETHNO-SOCIAL NATURE OF LEGAL ORIGIN OF COOPERATION IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Abstract

Input information/relevance: In the history of the cooperative movement of Russia, the end of XVIII - beginning of XIX centuries is traditionally called the time of legal formation of domestic cooperation. This period of the country is characterized by a sharp stratification of the social structure of society into the bourgeoisie and hired workers. This was the economic and legal prerequisite for the establishment of cooperatives. However, a subdivision into oppressors and the oppressed has always existed, except for a classless primitive society. The manifestation of elements of primitive cooperation or precooperation can be traced throughout Russian history. Therefore, it is necessary to find out, when and how the first forms of association of "precooperative" time have appeared in territory of present Russia, to establish, what social and legal functions of a communal economy of concrete society they carried out.