State Control of Municipal Election Process in Katerynoslav Province (1870–1907)

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to elucidate the effectiveness of state control over municipal election process in Katerynoslav province (1870 – 1907). Thescientific novelty is determined by the use of unpublished archival and published source materials that have not yet been introduced into scientific circulation and have not been used by modern researchers for historical analysis, in order to clarify the details of state control over municipal election process in Katerynoslav province (1870 – 1907). The identified and analysed sources illustrate the fact that Katerynoslav Provincial Presence (Prysutstviye) in zemstvo and city affairs played the role of a central link of state control over municipal election process in the province. It was this body that determined the presence or absence of current legislation violations by municipal public administrations. This body took measures to restore legality.