THE STUDY OF CHARTER OF THE CITIES (1785) IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
The article is devoted to the historiography of one of the most important legislative acts of Catherine II - the Charter of the Cities. We consider the studies, published before the revolution of 1917. Point of view of the authors analyzed the causes of the creation of this law and its role in the Russian city of the end of XVIII - first half of XIX century.