RUDN Journal of LawRUDN Journal of Law2313-23372408-9001Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)5550The relationship between power and subordination in the customary law conceptions of Don Cossacks in the second part of the 19th centuryKrasnovS YuКафедра гражданского права и процесса; Волгоградский государственный университет; Volgograd State Universitygpigp@volsu.ruVolgograd State University15022011251207092016Copyright © 2016, Legal Science2016The article «The relationship between power and subordination in the customary law conceptions of Don Cossacks in the second part of the 19th century». The article deals with the relationship among Don Cossacks, their stanitsa atamans and other officials of the territorial public autonomous bodies, as well as the responsibility of these people before stanitsa communities (gatherings), that is, ultima analysi, it deals with the customary law understanding of power by Don Cossacks in the second part of the 19th century.customary lawDon Cossacksterritorial public autonomous bodiesобычное праводонские казакиорганы территориального общественного самоуправления