RUSSIAN IMPERIAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL NON-RUSSIAN TERRITORIES OF THE EMPIRE)
Subject / Topic. The article represents a description of the imperial construction in the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. Goals / Objectives. The aim of the work is to reveal the most important features of the legal status of the non-Russian territories of the Russian Empire which became part of Russia in the first half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century and the general direction of state policy in the field of national-state construction. The article is based on the study of the relevant normative legal sources, act material and scientific literature on this topic. The author analyses the legal status of Finland, Poland, Bessarabia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan. Methodology. The methodological basis of the article includes the universal methods of cognition; general scientific methods, as well as analysis, synthesis, etc. Conclusion and Relevance. As a result of studying the features of national and confessional policy of the Russian government and the system of management of the non-Russian territories the author comes to the conclusion that in comparison with the previous period it was characterized by a more obvious desire to limit national autonomies (except for Finland) and bring the non-Russian territories of the Russian Empire closer to its center.