Abstract:
Annexation, in 1812,of the territory between the Prut and Nistru to Russian Impire has drawn a big number of changes in this region arising from application of the tsarist policy. Changes have occurred in practically all possible systems: political, economic, social, cultural, education, judiciary, etc. The article basis of archive documents, monographs and historical articles. We study the problem of applying the tsarist legislation in Bessarabia and the petitions of nobility for keeping the local lawsas well as habitsand the involvement of the nobility representative in various litigation.