The Presidential Library told how to apply to state and local government bodies

March 19, 2021 the Presidential Library hosted a video lecture entitled "The Constitutional Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Apply to State and Local Government Bodies" as part of the Knowledge of Russia project. The event was the second in the series of lectures "A man, his rights and freedoms - the highest constitutional value".

The video lecture was free. The meeting was held remotely and was broadcasted live on the Presidential Library's portal in Live broadcasts section in accordance with the program of live events, on the institution's YouTube channel and on the VKontakte social network.

The video lecture was held by Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of State Law of the Pushkin Leningrad State University Vadim Mamonov. He told how residents of our country could apply personally, send individual and collective appeals to state bodies and local governments, and also explained how appeals were classified, what stages of their consideration existed. In addition, the participants of the video lecture learned about the peculiarities of drawing up applications, proposals, complaints.

The cycle of lectures "A man, his rights and freedoms - the highest constitutional value" started on February 12, 2021. The first event was dedicated to Article 32 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which refers to the right of citizens to participate in the management of state affairs.

The Presidential Library’s materials provide more information about the history of the basic law of our country. They are presented in the special digital collection Constitution - Basic Law. One can study the texts of the constitutions of the Russian state of various historical eras. In addition, the collection contains digital copies of official documents, as well as research, journalism, memoirs, video materials illustrating the details of the creation of the Basic Law of our country.

The Presidential Library also provides the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation with the amendments approved during the all-Russian vote on July 1, 2020. The document is posted in the collections of the institution and published on its official portal.