The history of the public service comprises several centuries. Its survival in the difficult geopolitical conditions depended on the service of all social groups.
The system of departments called «Prikaz» was created during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. They carried out management of individual branches of government. The beginning of the Russian bureaucracy is associated with the era of Peter the First. The Table of Ranks was approved on the 24th of January. It became the basic law on the procedure for the public service in the Russian Empire and lasted until the revolution of 1917.
The beginning of the professional public service is associated with Speranskiy. He was the first who touched upon the problem of the education and training of officers of government machine.
The ranks of the public service were cancelled after the October Revolution of 1917. Then the system of the recruitment and placement was accepted.
«The regulation of the federal public service of the Russian Federation» was approved in 1993 by President’s decree. It revealed the general concepts and constitutional principles of public service. The system of public service has undergone several changes during reforming. These changes are connected with the emergence of a priority to improve the professionalism of public service and the efficiency of interaction of the executive authorities and civil society, the creation of new personal services and educational institutions. Let`s take, Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University. It is an example of such establishment. The priority of our university is to training technical personnel. But there are also humanities in our university. «The public administration» is among them. It shows that our state needs reliable and well-trained public officers. I think our university can provide these highly qualified personnel.
Reforming in this sphere is conducted taking into account the new social realities, national traditions and specific features of state structures. Specialists in the sphere of public administration consider that reforming should have a positive impact on the activity of the state apparatus.