Assessment approaches of the local administration entity in Russian and European scientifically-legal traditions

The article contains the analysis and assessment of the local administration entity, its dual nature caused by consolidation of the administrative functions and bases with public. In the article are also considered different reforming stages of the local administration in Russia, general principle of its modern organization and legal basis of the municipal administration in comparison with the similar process in the foreign legal and administrative tradition.

state and municipal administration, local government in Russia, history and stages if its reformation, evaluation criteria of operating efficiency of local government administration of urban districts and municipal areas in Russian Federation, system of sovereignty of the people