The issue of the senate of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth in the late 16thЦ18th centuries in russian historiography

This article is focused on the Russian historiography of Polish parliamentarism in the late 16thЦ18th centuries. Particular attention is paid to the specifics of the vision of the political institutions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the late 16th - 18th centuries, taking into account the political realities of different stages of Russian historiography. The periodization of the study of the Polish political system is provided. The specifics of the perception of Polish history by Russian researchers is determined