A referendum or a nationwide vote: on the question of the form of approval of the 2020 amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Purpose: Research of history of formation of institute of the form of approval of the 2020 amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Methodology: Historical-legal and formal-legal methods were used. Results: The process of introducing amendments to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation in 2020 had a number of functional differences from the procedures previously applied. The use of a new form of adoption of amendments, named the all-Russian vote, predetermines the need for the research. Novelty/originality/value: The article has a scientific value. It examines the emergence in the Russian legal space of the emergence of the institution of all-Russian voting on the issue of amendments to the Constitution, which has not been previously considered by any author in the Russian Federation.