Administrative supervision over the activities of the city self-governments of the Ekaterinoslav province (1870–1913) (part 1)

Abstract

It has been stated that in the practice of the Ekaterinoslav provincial presence for the zemstvo and city affairs, there are cases of detection of significant violations in the activities of public administrations of cities. The result was the initiation of criminal cases or the imposition of or disciplinary action against employees and even heads of communal institutions. There were also cases of unjustified prosecution of municipalities, which was accompanied by many years of litigation. It has been determined that the Governor, the Provincial Presence, the Senate in their control and appeal practice sought to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of indi-viduals and urban communities.Thescien-tific novelty of this study is implemented through the use of unpublished archival documents and published sources, which have not yet been introduced into scientific circulation and not used by scientists for historical analysis in order to reveal the essence of administrative super-vision over municipal self-governments in the Ekaterinoslav Province (1870-1914).