Regulation of the Activities of Pilots and Pilot Societies in Pre-revolutionary Russia

.Th ea rticl ea n a lyz e st hec o ntento ft hema inl e g isl a tiv ea ctsr e g ul a tin gt hea ctiviti e s o fpil o tsa n dpil o ts o ci e ti e sinpre-r e v o luti o n a ryRussi a .Th er e l e v a nc eo ft her e s ea rc hispr o vi dedb yt hel a c ko fk n o wl ed ge indome sticscienc e o ft hesp e cifics o fl e galr e g ul a ti o no ft hepil o tservic eint heRussi a ns t a t eint hep r e- r evo l u t iona ry  period. MATERI ALSANDMETHODS.Thma ins o urceso ft he r e s ea rc hwer en o r ma tiv edo cu m ents,firsto fa ll,l e g isl a tiv ea ctso fn a ti o n a lsi g nific a nce,ded ic a t edt oc omm erci a ln a vigati o na n dpu b lis hedinTh eC om pl e t eC o ll e cti o no fL a wso ft heRussi a nE m pir ea n dC odeo fL a wso ft heRussi a nE m pire,w h ic hr e g ul a t edt heis su e so f fin a nci a l s e curitya n d s o ci a l st a tuso f pil o tsint heRussi a nE m pire,t hei rr e s p o nsi b ility.Th eme t hodo l ogyc o nsistso ft heprincipl e sus edinl e galr e s ea rch,asw e llasgener a lscientifica n dsp e ci a lme t hod so fl e galr e s ea rc h(c om p a r a tiv el e gal,syst em,f o r ma ll e galme t h od s,h ist o ric a la n dl e gala n a lysis). RESEARCHRESULTS.Th eRussi a nexperienc eo fr e g ul a t o ryr e g ul a ti o no fpil o t a geisstu d i e d:Th eM a riti meR e g ul a ti o nso f1722,t heR e g ul a ti o nso nS eaPil o tso f1890,t heCh a rtero ft heS o ci e tyo fS a intP e tersbur gPil o tso f1896a n do t h erl e gala ctso ft h isperi oda r e c o nsi d er e d.Th esp e cificso fl e galr e g ul a ti o no ft hepil o tservic einpre-r e v o luti o n a ryRussi aa r ee s t ab li s he d. DISCUSS I ONANDCONCLUS I ONS.I ti sno t ed t ha tt her e g ul a ti o no fpil o tc om p a ni e saso n eo ft hetr adeuni o nswasc a rri edo utun d ert hec o ntr o lo ft hes t a te.I tiss t a t edt ha tt hel e g i s l a ti o no ft heRu ss i a nE m pire,w h ic hde ter m in e st hes t a tu so fa pilot in the period of the XVIII–XIX century, was, in comparison with the legislation of European States, secondary and in many respects lagging behind the latter. The author focuses on how the structural organization of the pilot service and its legal status changed with the development of legislation.