Regulatory aesthetic treatises era (normative aesthetics) as a base for the construction of the state cultural policy (in the Russian empire, the Soviet Union and Russian Federation)

We present a look at the formation of the state policy in the sphere of culture in the historical aspect on the basis of the central regulatory esthetician century (governing for a long time, the development of culture in general aesthetic treatises, as opposed to aesthetic manifestos of certain artistic groups), prescribing the preferred genres and themes of works, the purpose of their create and use methods of expression.