Legal regulation of the institute of land surveying in Russia according to legislative acts of the XVI-XVII centuries (historical and legal analysis)

Relevance . The presented article examines the legislative acts regulating land surveying and the land surveying process in Russia in the XVI-XVII centuries. During this period, the penetration of land management relations into the military, social and economic spheres of state activity occurs. The relevance of this study lies in the comprehensive consideration of the institute of land surveying in Russia during the XVI-XVII centuries in relation to land management relations, as well as taking into account socio-economic factors and political conditions in the context of historical facts and events of that time. The purpose of this study is to establish a range of basic legislative acts in the field of legal regulation of the institute of land surveying, as well as to identify on their basis the features of the development of the institute of land surveying as an integral part of land relations in the Russian state in the XVI-XVII centuries. Objectives: to analyze legislative acts in the field of legal regulation of land surveying; to determine the place of the institution of land surveying and the boundary process in the field of land management relations of the Russian state of the XVI-XVII centuries; to identify the features of the normative consolidation of boundary laws in the specified period. Methodology. The methodological basis of the research is represented by general scientific methods of cognition, as well as methods of legal science – the historical-legal method, formal-legal and comparative-legal methods. The results of scientific research indicate that the current system of boundary laws of the XVI-XVII centuries is represented by a significant number of normative acts, the central place of which is occupied by the Cathedral Code of 1649, as well as the Scribal Orders of 1681, 1683, 1684, containing the main body of land administrative and boundary regulations. Conclusions . In general, it can be concluded that during the XVI-XVII century. there was an evolutionary nature of the development of the institute of surveying, taking into account specific historical conditions, as well as socio-economic and political factors. The land legislation of the XVI -XVII centuries was formed in the context of the development of boundary legislation.