Historical legal specificities of the structure of the Ministry of Finances of the Russian Empire in the 1st half of the XIX century
Having appeared in the 1802, the Ministry of Finances has became a central institution in the state system of the Russian Empire in the first half of the XIX century, being one of the largest organizational structure and most important functional centers, and it has united under the auspices of the Minister of Finances a large number of the collegiate administration institutions. By 1802 many of these institutions have held an intermediary position in the state administration system. Formation and legal regulation of the Ministry of Finances as a structure were quite original, having their specificities. The studies of the archive documents and legal acts allows one to follow in much detail the development of the structure of the Ministry of Finances of the Russian Empire, based upon the historical and comparative legal methods of scientific studies. Unlike most of the previous studies of the structural organization of the Ministry of Finances of the Russian Empire in the 1st half of the XIX century, this article provides detailed analysis of the changes in the structure of the Ministry of Finances in relation to the legal provisions establishing these changes. Additionally, the use of the archive documents allows one to fill the gaps, thus, forming a complete framework of the structural organization of the Ministry of Finances within the said period.