FIGHTING POVERTY AND BEGGARY IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE (HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ASPECT)

Abstract

The article reveals the main activities of the government of the Russian Empire to overcome poverty. The author emphasizes the importance of historical experience accumulated in this field for the improvement of the current legislation of the Russian Federation aimed at overcoming poverty. The research methodology included historical, systemic analysis and comparatively legal method. The author was able to analyze a huge array of regulatory material that provides solutions to the issues of overcoming poverty in Russia in the past, which allowed to identify the most effective mechanisms for solving social problems, and also to propose new laws to regulate such issues in modern world. The author proved that the attack on poverty as a social phenomenon was made from two directions: on the one hand, the police struggled with poverty, applying the relevant norms of the legislation in force, on the other hand, charitable societies and institutions provided charity and work for the poverty-stricken. The results of the study can be used in lawyers’ training courses. The novelty of the study lies in the comprehensive analysis of big data and identification of new trends in the legal regulation concerning poverty reduction in the Russian Empire.