title: Solution of the Personnel Issue in the City Police of the Russian Empire at the End of the 18th – the First Qarter of the 19th Centuries: Normative and Legal Regulation
abstract: The article analyzes the evolution of the legislation of the Russian Empire&#x0D; in the field of personnel policy in the city police of the declared period. When&#x0D; considering the degree of the problem under study, special attention is paid to&#x0D; modern historiography. The source base of the study is represented mainly by the&#x0D; legal acts of the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th – the quarter third of the&#x0D; 19th centuries.&#x0D; The analysis of legal documents allowed the aut
journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University