Abstract: The article provides a comparative analysis of the legal regulation of the right of civil servants to perform other paid work in the CIS member states. The general grounds for restricting the right to work of civil servants in the Russian Federation were researched, differentiation of approaches to restricting the right to perform other paid work by state civil servants, military personnel and persons undergoing other types of public service was exercised, and a number of gaps in the current regulation were also identified. The experience of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan was studied. Within the framework of the work, both trends common to all the states under consideration were highlighted – for example, the restriction of the right to perform other paid work for all civil servants, the existence of exceptions and conditions for the exercise of this right, and unique approaches that can be borrowed for the further development of legislation on the civil service of the Russian Federation. The article is characterized by a comprehensive and systematic study of the experience of regulation of the issue of performing other paid work by civil servants of the CIS member states, and its scientific novelty consists in identifying 2 basic models of restricting the right of civil servants to work (part-time) and classifying the approaches adopted in the states under consideration in accordance with the proposed models.

Abstract: This article explores the peculiarities of legal regulation of the official structure of civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The author determines the characteristic of the current stage of development of the institution of civil service, and conducts their assessment from the perspective of the impact of various models of arrangement and functionality of the system of civil service. Particular attention is given to the terminological framework and essential content of the key categories of this institution. The author differentiates the concepts of “state civil service of the Russian Federation”, “state service of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and “civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan”. The application of comparative- legal and formal-legal methods allow establishing correlation between the political and administrative posts in civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the one hand and state positions and positions of the civil service of the Russian Federation on the other hand; and public office and posts in civil service of the Russian Federation on the other hand. The conclusion is made on the substantial differences not only in the official structure of civil service, but in the official structure of public administration in both countries as well. The article also outlines a range of problems in the normative legal regulation of the official structure of civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is proven that the direct comparison of the official structures of public administration and civil service of the two countries is impossible due to significant difference in the terminological framework and general principles of formation of the official structures. Taking into account the common historical base – the uniform system of civil service of the Soviet Union, such a difference may testify to multidirectional trends in the development of the systems of civil service in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Abstract: This article examines the organizational structure of the state civil service during institutionalization of the system of public administration in the XVI – XVII centuries. The author describes the characteristic traits of this stage of development of the civil service system as a whole, including the highly personalized nature of carrying service, narrow separation between civil and military service, as well as the presence of rank system that was applicable to both the government apparatus and the society. In this context, the author explores the key misinterpretations of the term “rank”, its partial conflation with the concept of “post”, and the absence of universal definition. Research is also conducted on correlation between the organizational structure of the civil service and the class composition of the Tsardom of Russia, which has proven the possibility of separating the system of ranks of public servants from the unified social hierarchy. Special attention is given to the clerical service and its organizational structure: comparison of the status of clerical servants with the elements of the legal status of modern civil servant considering this type of service as the closest prototype of the state civil service. The basic traits of the clerical service include professional character, rigid hierarchy, stability, enforcement nature of activity, additional rights and responsibilities. The author highlights the key role of the concept of “rank” as the characteristic of the position of am individual within service hierarchy, used to for creating a prototype of the organizational structure of the state civil service. The scientific novelty consist in determination of the characteristic features of the organizational structure of civil service as whole, and state civil service in particular, which prove the existence of the developed, although non-unified hierarchy that later provided the framework for the reforms of Peter the Great. This confirms the gradual and consistent, rather than revolutionary nature of the transformations introduced by the Table of Ranks. Such approach gives a more comprehensive perspective upon the evolution of the institution of organizational structure of the state civil service.