Structures of local government- Tsars Flashcards
Before 1861, who were provinces largely under the control of? TSAR ALEX II
The Mir.
What happened in terms of the nobility after the emancipation of the serfs? TSAR ALEX II
-no political role
-management of local affairs with police constables.
-Zemstvos
What is meant by a zemstvo? TSAR ALEX II
-elected membership voted in by landowners, urbans and peasants
-Selected by property qualification
-only in ‘great Russia’
What was the urban equivalent of a Zemstvo? TSAR ALEX II
-Duma
What did the urban duma’s tend to exclude? TSAR ALEX II
-The urban proletariat- (entry qualification higher).
What is meant by the third element?
-members of the intelligentsia with no particular class hired to serve in the Zemstvo.
In what areas did the Zemstvo and Duma ‘flourish’
-Fields of education, public health and transport.
Why did the central government find Zemstvo members irritating?
-dominated by teachers, doctors and lawyers.
-liberal voices.
Why was the Zemstvo abolished in 1917?
-labelled as counter- revolutionary and bourgeois.
