Abstract
Тhe expanses of Eurasia have been over the centuries a place of historical and culturalcontacts and interactions of numerous peoples professing various religions. Today, in the age of parallelglobalization processes and the desire of ethnic groups to preserve their own cultural, historical andreligious identity before the state authorities, a problem of the formation of the state religious policy hasbecome one of the fundamental tasks.The article analyzes contemporary views on state-religious relations as the fundamental componentsof the public administration in the sphere of religious relations, considers the options of the state religiouspolicy and their conformity to the state-religious relations. The author proposes a set of variablesthat can be used as units of analysis in the study of the state religious policy. The analysis of public administrationsystems ensuring the implementation of these state religious policies has been made.This article actualizes the problem of serious clarification and deepening of theoretical and methodologicalfoundations. The implementation of state policy in the field of religion and religious institutionsis considered. It also shows the importance of freedom of conscience, as well as improving the efficiencyof public administration in this area.