The Evolution and Impact of Government Oversight of Local Government in the Russian Empire: from the Reforms of Alexander II to the February Revolution of 1917
Abstract
The author analyzes, summarizes and evaluates in dialectical unity various aspects of the transformation of the mechanisms of government control over local government in the Russian Empire in the period from 1850 to 1917: from the liberal beginnings of the zemstvo and urban reforms of Alexander II to the tightening of administrative supervision under Alexander III. Special attention is paid to the contradictions between the zemstvos and the central government, including the limitation of their autonomy by the Regulation of 1890, the strengthening of the role of governors, as well as the influence of these processes on the formation of the factors of the February Revolution.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Soviet and Russian History
Historical Legal Studies and Society
European Political History Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Juridical Science and Practice
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 47–57
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN