Kovalskiy V. The achievement and the development of customs practice in the South of Ukraine of ancient times till 1917 (in the basing on Mikolaiv Customs House)

The achievement and development of customs practice in the South of Ukraine are researched on the sample of Mikolaiv Customs House. Chronologically the research covers the period from the ancient times till 1917. The main periods of the develop-ment of customs practice in Mikolaiv were defined and character-ized. Socially-economic and legal circumstances and activities of Mikolaiv Customs House were defined.Regulatory legal acts which became the basis for the creation and activity of customs agencies were analyzed. The characteristics of the structure, powers of customs agencies, the peculiarities of their practical work in the South of Ukraine are given in detail.The part of materials is being investigated for the first time. Scien-tific and practical importance of the dissertation consists in gener-alization of the historic data affecting the customs agencies in the South of Ukraine and concrete recommendations aimed at the im-provement of the customs practice in Ukraine.