Abstract
The article examines the system of Executive authorities of Russia at the Federal level in the modern period, describes the elements of such a system, shows their relationship. Federal Executive bodies are considered in terms of organizational, functional and substantive criteria, based on the doctrine of domestic administrative law and process. The author characterizes the system of Executive authorities of the Federal level as a whole, as well as individual elements of this system, taking into account the structure of Federal Executive authorities built on the basis of the new legislation, including Federal ministries, Federal services and Federal agencies, shows the role of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, exercising General management of the activities of the bodies in question, depending on the sphere of public administration -administrative and political, economic and socio-cultural. Focuses on the importance of a combination of these criteria with the characteristics of the system of Federal bodies of Executive power with regard to its integrity.