LEGAL STATUS OF THE ILLEGITIMATE IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE SECOND HALF THE XIX – BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY

Abstract

Results of the research of standard and legal regulation of legal status of the children born out of the marriage in the Russian Empire the XIX-XX centuries, which is carried out by the author within the cathedral scientific subject are presented in the article. The main features of legal status of this category of children are designated, the social and economic conditions and Russian cultural traditions which affected special legal status of illegitimate are noted, the attitude of Orthodox Church towards parents of the illegitimate during the considered period is revealed.