Nomadic peoples of the Steppe Caucausia in the XIX – early XX centuries: powers of local government bodies

The subject of this study is the powers of local governments in the nomadic societies of the steppe Pre-Caucasus, using the example of Nogais and Trukhmen. Based on the analysis of the regulatory legal framework governing the life of nomads and the materials of office practice identified in the funds of the State Archive of the Stavropol Territory, the powers of local governments have been determined and classified. The development of this study was carried out using the tools of legal history. In conclusion, it is concluded that along with its own powers based on the synthesis of customary and positive law norms, there were facts of the delegation of certain competencies by the state to local governments. The findings suggest that the imperial authorities on the foreign outskirts actively used the norms of customary law, gradually integrating them into positive law.