From the Habsburg empire to Austria-Hungary: correlation of tendency to unitarization and federalization

The article is devoted to problems of correlation of trends of unitarization and federalization in the process of transformation of the Habsburg Empire during the XV-XIX centuries. The main stages of transformation of the Imperial system in Alps-Danube region related to the transition from the Habsburg Empire through the Austrian Empire to Austria-Hungary. Define the important factors and characteristics of transformation processes. In particular, it is noted determines the character of the Austro-Czech-Hungarian relations, had added to the Empire building of the national element on the basis of the state. It is shown the evolution of the Imperial idea and the basic elements of statehood, among other things, characterized by a two-level model of state centralization. Examines research approaches domestic (A. G. Ayrapetov, T. M. Islamov, A. J. Prokopev, etc.), Austrian and German (E. Deuerlein, A. Pelinka, E. Helbling, F. Ermacora, etc.), and also published sources - the Pragmatic sanction of 1713, Charles VI of Habsburg. Given your own assessment of the General direction of the transformation of federalization of the Empire. The conclusion about the specifics of the Austrian version of federalization of the Empire based on decentralization, which culminated in the formation of the Federation only on the basis of national-historical core of the Empire - the Austro-German territorial complex.