The capital work "Property and the State." the outstanding lawyer, historian, philosopher Boris Nikolayevich Chicherin (1828-1904) is reprinted in full for the first time after its first publication at the end of the 19th century. In this significant monument of philosophical, sociological and political thought, the author gives a detailed analysis of the main concepts that existed in history regarding the connection between power and property, the state and the economy, and also develops in detail the most promising approach to this most complex problem, based on a flexible combination of liberal and conservative ideas about the role of the state in society. Many ideas expressed by Chicherin remain relevant in our time, so the reprint of the book will help deepen and intensify scientific research in this area.