Itskovich B.F.Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Finances and Credit Department, Ural State Technological University – UPI, Yekaterinburg bickovich@yandex.ru
There exists an opinion that theoretical finances of the Russian state appeared a lot later than practical finances, which, in the author’s point of view, is not true. The article proves that theoretical finances are not only the development of the practical finances, but sometimes they outpace them. The article provides examples of little-known facts of development of practical and theoretical finances.
Keywords: origin, finances, practice, theory, periodization, system, management, national identity, Ancient Russia