Skopintseva T.Y.
FOLK TRADITION AND RUSSIAN STATE ORGANIZATION ^{[№ 7 ' 2005]}
The Russian culture phenomenon is considered in the article. Folk tradition plays the large role today. The traditional character of the Russian society is a determining factor in the interaction of people and state. The traditional forms of the cultural regulation are custom and tradition depending on traditional constants of eternity and frailty and determining the forms and ways of not only everyday life but also political, economic and legal culture. For this reason one must not fail to take into account the traditional grounds in the modern processes of modernization and westernization of the Russian culture.