From the internal guard to the troops of the national guard of Russia: periodization of the genesis of their legal service

The article, based on the study of normative legal documents, archival sources and scientific and historiographical data, carries out the periodization of the genesis of the legal service of the National Guard troops of the Russian Federation. The author consistently examines the scientific literature, provides methodological principles adequate to the goals and objectives of the study, develops and applies the criteria for periodization. When analyzing the periods of formation and development of the legal service at each stage, the normative legal foundations of its activities, structure, functions and tasks, as well as the scope of the powers granted are illustrated. The author notes that in various time periods, legal service in the military sphere practically did not exist, however, the need to solve the problems of legal support for activities led to the creation of independent legal units. The scientific novelty of the work includes the definition of the criteria for the periodization of the genesis of the legal service and the identification of its stages from the beginning of the existence of the Internal Guard of the Russian Empire to the present, sequentially, without chronological gaps. The results of the study can be used in the study of problems of military law, as well as in the pedagogical process of military-legal specialization.