local government reforms (1864-1870)
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- Created on: 31-05-21 22:16
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- local government reforms (1864-1870)
- zemstva chosen through 'electoral colleges'
- there were separate colleges for different classes, allowing degree of popular representation
- nobles
- townspeople
- church
- peasants
- there were separate colleges for different classes, allowing degree of popular representation
- zemstva composed of men who understood locality and its needs
- zemstva given power to improve society
- improve public services
- develop industrial projects
- administer poor relief
- Dumas set up in towns in 1870
- zemstva power strictly limited
- zemstva had no control over taxes
- voting procedure favoured nobility
- provincial governors
- continued to appoint officials
- took responsibility for law and order
- could overturn zemstvo decisions
- councils were never truly 'people's assemblies'
- attracted intelligentsia
- doctors
- lawyers
- teachers
- scientists using meetings to debate political issues
- attracted intelligentsia
- zemstva chosen through 'electoral colleges'
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