The article presents an overview of the reports of the participants of the XIX International Scien-tific and Theoretical Conference “State and Law: evolution, current state, development prospects (to the 100th anniversary of the formation of the USSR)”, which took place on April 28 - 29, 2022 at the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. 313 researchers – scientists and practitioners; 227 young researchers took part in the conference in full-time and part-time format. On April 28, 2022, the scientific meeting was attended by citi-zens of Belarus, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Lithuania, Zimbabwe, Congo; scientists and practitioners of the Russian Federation from 52 cities, 123 educational organizations and organi-zations engaged in practical legal activities). April 29, 2022 the section of young researchers was attended by 227 researchers - citizens of Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Sao Tome and Principe; from 24 Russian cities, 40 educational organizations. 147 speakers presented the results of their research in a face-to-face format. The participants of the conference attached serious importance to issues concerning the nature of the imperial state and the definition of the features of empire in a Soviet-type state; ideas and concepts of the organization of governance in multinational states; problems of the structure of federal states and the specifics of federal relations in the USSR.