Introduction of Russian jurisdiction to the Uryankhay region (1914-1917)

The article discusses attempts to reform the judicial system during the Russian protectorate over the Uryanhai region. This issue was studied at different levels, including two times discussed in the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire with the participation of ministers of internal and foreign affairs, the governor-general and representatives of local authorities. Since the judicial and administrative devices intertwined with each other, the introduction of Russian jurisdiction was fully complicated precisely with the impossibility of carrying out administrative reform in Tuva. In addition, the Tuvan rulers were not ready for change, or rather, did not want them. The judicial power, which was exercised by almost all Tuvinian officials, was almost the main part in their activities. Differences in the pre-trial and judicial investigation of Russian and traditional Tuva proceedings, for example, when during a preliminary investigation Tuvinian accused were imprisoned, and in a traditional court only after a court sentence was passed, the perpetrator was punished - led to a certain misunderstanding on both sides. Most of all, Tuvans were afraid to be in prison, where in most cases they were fatal, and preferred traditional punitive measures such as beating whips, wearing shackles, etc. The Russian authorities developed a provision on a mixed court, and later tried to adapt to local conditions the provision on the organization of the court of nomadic aliens from the Transbaikal region. But the revolutionary events in Russia and other reasons did not allow them to realize.