The problem of the origin of the state in the Soviet end postSoviet legal science

The article is devoted to the analysis of the main interpretations of the state origin in the Soviet end post-Soviet legal science. Having analysed modern scientific literature and text-books the author critically reviews the arguments of supporters as well as of opponents of this or that interpretation of the theory of the state origin. The article makes an attempt to reveal the main modifications of the F.Engels organisational (functional) theory of the state origin.