Compilation of the Laws of the Russian Empire

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The "Compilation of the Laws of the Russian Empire" is a 19th-century codified collection of Russian imperial legislation that systematized and organized the empire’s legal framework under Tsar Nicholas I.

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instanceOf Russian legal document
codification of law
legal code
appliesToJurisdiction Russian Empire
basedOn earlier Russian imperial legislation
chiefEditor Mikhail Speransky
compiledBy Second Section of His Imperial Majesty’s Own Chancellery
compiledUnderAuthorityOf Nicholas I of Russia
compiles imperial decrees
ministerial regulations
senate regulations
ukases of the emperor
country Russian Empire
follows Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire
hasEdition multiple revised editions in the 19th century
hasPart Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire
administrative law provisions
civil law provisions
criminal law provisions
procedural law provisions
statutes on censorship
statutes on courts and judicial procedure
statutes on criminal offenses and punishments
statutes on education
statutes on estates and social classes
statutes on finance and taxation
statutes on military service
statutes on peasants and serfdom
statutes on police and public order
statutes on property and inheritance
statutes on religion and the Orthodox Church
statutes on state administration
statutes on trade and commerce
inception 1832
influenced later Russian legal codifications
language Russian
legalForm codified collection of laws
legalStatus binding law of the Russian Empire
legalSystem Russian imperial law
promulgatedBy Nicholas I of Russia
publisher Imperial Russian government
linked to: Tsarist government
purpose creation of a unified legal framework for the empire
elimination of contradictions in existing legislation
systematization of Russian imperial law
replacedBy Soviet legal codes
startTime 1830s
structure systematic arrangement by subject matter
timePeriod 19th century
usedUntil early 20th century

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Mikhail Speransky notableWork Compilation of the Laws of the Russian Empire
Mikhail Speransky notableWork Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire
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ispravnik legalSystem Imperial Russian law
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Łomża Governorate legalSystem Russian imperial law
subject linked to: Lomza Governorate
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Compilation of the Laws of the Russian Empire follows Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire
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Compilation of the Laws of the Russian Empire legalSystem Russian imperial law
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