"Military Article" is a monument of military law, which established the foundations of unity of command and centralization of management
The article examines the reasons and conditions for the military reform of the Russian army at the beginning of the XVIII century. The degree of influence of foreign legislation on the formation of the organizational and legal foundations of the functioning of the Russian army has been established. Based on the structural and functional analysis of the legal norms of the "Military Article", the fundamental, basic principles of the construction and functioning of the military organization of the state were synthesized. The conclusion is made about the historical significance of Peter I's legal reforms in the reform of the Russian army and their impact on the state of modern domestic military law and order.