Shevchenko N. Development of the Notary in the South of Ukraine (1866–1917)

The thesis is devoted to the research of the process of formation, organization, development and regional peculiarities of the activities of the Notary Institute in the South of Ukraine in 1866–1917. The main processes related to the policy of the Government of the Russian Empire in the sphere of the notary as an important area of state, legal and public life are shown. The prerequisites for formation of notarial activity in the territory of Ukrainian provinces and the process of subordination of the Southern Ukraine's notary service to the general state judicial system of the Russian state are revealed. The factors influencing the formation of a notary in the region are highlighted. It was analyzed the notarial reform of 1866, which led to the staffing of the notarial offices, the creation of notarial archives and the organization of notarial proceedings. The essence and results of reform in the southern region of Ukraine are shown. It is pointed out the shortcomings of the reform and factors that demanded the modernization of the notarial legislation of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the twentieth century.