The articleis devoted to the functional surrogate of
trusts that has recently appeared in Russian law -
the inheritance foundation. The authors consider
the reasons that gave rise to thislegal phenomenon,
the specifics of creating an inheritance foundation,
and its legal regime. The issues of fiduciary management of inherited property are also considered,
since fiduciary management of property is also a
trust-like deviceinRussianlaw, appliedinteraliain
the law of succession.