Name
Koshman Vladimir Alekseevich
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Organization, job position
Taurida Academy of Crimean V.I. Vernadsky’s Federal University
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Articles count: 2
The article examines the historical conditions and the
legal regulation of the Crimean Khanate territory
joining to the Russian Empire in 1783 and formation
of Taurian District as a new specific administrative
and territorial unit. Specific characteristics of Taurian
District are highlighted, as well as tasks that region
faced due to its geographical position and constant
wars between Russian empire and Ottoman Porte.
Attention is paid to the factors that led to the creation
of the district but not the viceroyalty, in contrast to
other areas joined in the same time. The different
examples of understanding of the term "distrist" –
"oblast" – in science and language are given. The
author clarifies certain features of the district, which
were not taken into account in deriving the scientific
definition of the district by Dambaeva O.P. Decrees
and their background issued by the legislator are
characterized. The problems of an administrative
nature encountered by the legislator in the face of
Empress Catherine II and her representative governor
Grigory Potemkin-Tavricheski, and then by Platon
Zubov are highlighted. Among these problems there
were emphasized the transfer of ownership of the
Tatars property who left the territory, as well as the
creation of an accurate map of newly joined territory
The article is devoted to the Kazyonnaya palata of
the Taurian district and its specifics of structure and
functioning. The brief characteristic of its structure
and place in the state machinery is given. Alongside,
the features of interactions between palata itself and
other key public authorities are noted. The archive
data is used to illustrate the place of Kazyonnaya
palata among the other authorities. The article also
pays a significant attention to the Russian Empire
Kazyonnaya palatas structure specifics depending on
the region operated. It is stated, that that departments
of the Kazyonnaya palata bore the names
“expeditions”, with their number and composition
depending on the particular conditions of the specific
region of the state. Basing on the comparison of the
several regions palatas compositions and their
number of expeditions, the specific expeditions
depending on the region's characteristics are
distinguished. In Taurian district, the specific needs
of the region were covered by the wine, salt and
customs expeditions. This article continues with the
functioning peculiarities of the expeditions
mentioned, which are supported by the real examples
of their operation found in the archive illustrations. In
conclusion, the key features of the Kazyonnaya
palata of the Taurian district are described, and the
brief characteristics of the specific expeditions are
given