CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Flashcards
What did the Bolshevik party consist of at local level?
Cells whose members would organise meetings to encourage grass-roots support.
What were the three main aspects of local government in the Tsarist period?
- Mir
- Zemstva
- Duma
Where were Zemstva located?
Only in areas considered to be part of Great Russia.
What did the 1864 legal reforms create?
A hierarchy of courts to cater for different types of cases.
What was created in 1877 following an assassination attempt on AII’s life? How did it fail?
A new department of the Senate to try political cases. Though the Vera Zasulich case indicated the policies had failed.
What did AIII replace Justices of the Peace with?
Land Captains.
What was the ‘liberal’ voice of the Duma and Zemstva named?
The ‘Third Element’.
What was local government dominated by after 1917?
Soviets.
What was the aim of the Soviet?
Coordinate strikes and protect factory workers.
What do some historians claim about how Russia was ruled from March to October 1917?
The Petrograd Soviet controlled Russia.
What did Petrograd Soviet Order No. 1 place?
Ultimate authority over soldiers in the hands of the soviet.
What was passed in August 1881?
Statute of State Security - significantly strengthened and extended the powers of the police/state in the pursuit of revolutionaries.
What idea dominated the period of communist rule from 1917 onwards?
‘Revolutionary Justice’.
