REGULATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF PILOTS OF INLAND WATERWAYS IN THE USSR IN THE EARLY 1930S.

The article indicates that only after the adoption of the USSR Merchant Shipping Code of 1929, it was possible to determine the main components of the charter of inland water transport of 1930, including issues related to raft crews and pilots of raft breeders (Chapter 4 of the Charter). Chapter 5 of the charter established the circle of responsible bodies and the methods of their interaction, and chapter 6 on the issues of the coastline and marinas. The issues of the status, position, tasks and duties of pilots on inland waterways were not reflected in the charter, obviously because these pilots were subsequently included in the ship’s crews or were ordinary employees of various departments, having lost their independent status and separate organization. The resolution of the situation became possible in 1931-1932. with the allocation of water transport in a separate People’s Commissariat. After that, an active process of regulating the activities of river pilots by various interested departments began.