title: Development of legislative bases regulating the legal status of foreign citizens in pre-revolutionary Russia of the 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;–20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; centuries
abstract: Objective: the research was conducted in order to analyze historical and legal events related to the genesis of the legislative framework for regulating the legal status of foreign citizens in the pre-revolutionary period in the Russian Empire of the 18 th – 20 th centuries. Methods: the methodological basis of the work includes the following methods: comparative legal, historical and legal analysis, comparison, synthesis. The author also used specific scientific methods; while solving research 
journal: Russian Journal of Economics and Law