The Administrative-Territorial Division of Siberia and the Reform of Governance among Indigenous Peoples in the first half of the XIX century

For a long time, the territory of Siberia had specific features related to the peculiarities of the population, the territorial organization of government, the preservation of traditional foundations and customary law.M.M. Speransky's transformations were the first comprehensive reform that covered various spheres of life and took into account the specifics of the territory.The nomadic organization of farming by indigenous peoples and the absence of settlements made it impossible to extend the existing management methods in the Russian Empire to this population.A special feature of this reform was the creation of two management systems for migrants and indigenous peoples under a common provincial government.The article analyzes the reasons for the creation of a specific management system.As a result of the reform, a system of foreign government bodies was created based on the generic organization of society.The levels of foreign control and the functions of foreign organs are considered.For the foreign management system, the principle of vertical subordination, partial autonomy and the preservation of traditional regulators were used.The study used official data, archival materials, and foreign organ solutions.The reform was aimed at a phased administrative and legal "development" of Siberia, so the elements of traditional governance were integrated into the established system of government.