Pavel Troshchinskiy

the article is devoted to the study of the traditional and modern law of China in the Russian legal science. Contained the names and major works of outstanding scientists who have studied Chinese law at different periods of the historical development in Russia. The relevance of the presented work is due to the increased interest in the law of the PRC in connection with the deepening of Russian-Chinese relations of strategic cooperation and partnership. In many research and educational institutions of different regions of Russia are the centers, groups, sections for the study of law of China, organizes joint activities with the Chinese side. Unfortunately, the lack of information about the earlier domestic science results in this sphere leads to their neglect in the writings of modern scholars, which seriously affects the level of published works. The main contribution to the study of the law of China was made by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, The Institute of State and Law, Institute of Oriental Studies and Institute of Oriental Manuscripts. Stored in the library of the Sinological IFES RAS originals of works of scientists of tsarist and Soviet Russia is unique and required to assimilate modern sinologists-lawyers. The only way it is possible to maintain an invisible connection between generations, qualitatively perform research law of China.