The attitude of people to the representatives of the state authority determines their interaction. The image of such a representative is a part of personal values of a man. Scientists claim, these values are historically predetermined and they motivate people behavior. Studying the sources of Russian state system, we find out the processes which formed political values that are still actual now. Some patterns of behavior in people#s attitude to the state power and a tendency to appeal to the senior representative of the authority are nothing but the evidence of deep and ancient sources of political consciousness of Russian people.