Migrations played a special role in the history of Russian people. They influenced greatly the objective and subjective manifestations of their lives and self-actualization. During its history Russian ethnos increased its settlement territory carrying out the historical mission of “developing of remote areas”. In Russian colonization both state and Russian ethnos played the equal role.

There is analyzed one of the least examined issues of development of Russian social and political thought - views of N.Kh. Bunge on the issue of human rights. The conception of Bunge in human rights is regarded in the context of the evolution of the Russian social and political thought of the second half of the XIX century and his programme of modernization of Russia.

There is analyzed the origin and development of the international law about keeping and protection of architectural cultural heritage