Historical and Legal Aspects of Studying the Epoch of Peter the Great (The Follow-up to the Interregional Conference Devoted to the 350th Anniversary of the Birth of Peter I)

The article outlines key ideas presented in the reports of university and school teachers at the interregional scientific and practical conference “Content and Methodology-Based Aspects of Teaching “Difficult Issues” of History” (to the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter I). The paper considers the following current problems: developing readership and functional literacy; using interactive educational technologies; raising awareness of Russian civic identity; actively utilizing a system-activity-based approach; applying visual content in history classes, etc. The paper also highlights the changes in property law under Peter the Great, the influence of the Encyclopedia of Law in Germany on the history of the Russian state and law at the turn of the XVII–XVIII centuries, the influence of Russian Freemasonry on the state policy of Russia in the second half of the XVIII century - first quarter of the XIX century.