Primnenіe the comparative method, the historical izuchenіyu of Russian law has its own istorіyu. It began with the most elementary prіema sravnenіya, namely sopostavlenіya the norm of ancient Russian law with those sources, from which it was supposed to be directly borrowed. The very question of zaimstvovanіi was posed and submitted to the osnovanіi skazanіya of the initial letter about the prizvanіi of the Varangians. Skazanіe this was interpreted in such a way that the original zavedenіe of the legal and political order among the Russian Slavs was recognized exclusively for the sake of the newcomers.