THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE XVIII - EARLY XIX CENTURY
In the article the author examines the legal basis of the formation of the Russian army, its reform during the reign of Peter I and Arakcheev reforms of the early XIX century. The paper analyzes the composition of the Russian armed forces and the order of recruitment into the army. Particular attention is paid to the influence of the legal content of military reform on the formation of the Imperial legal consciousness of the nobility in General and military people in particular.