PECULIARITIES OF ZEMSTVOS INTRODUCTION IN VOLYN PROVINCE (the second half of the XIXth – the beginning of the XXth century)
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https://doi.org/10.24919/2519-058X.23.258964Abstract
The reform of local self-government, administrative and territorial organization on the basis of decentralization, which is taking place in Ukraine, highlights the problem of studying and analyzing historical traditions and forms of local self-government in Ukraine, in general, and its regions, in particular. The purpose of the study is to analyze the historical conditions and features of zemstvos institute introduction in Volyn province. The research methodology is based on a set of general scientific and special research methods, in which the chief focus is paid to institutional, structural and functional, problem and chronological methods and approaches. The Conclusions. In 1864 the introduction of zemstvos in the central and southern provinces is an organic part of the “great reforms” of the second half of the XIXth century that took place in the Russian Empire. The specifics of zemstvos as socio-political institutions have been elucidated. In Volyn province, the law on zemstvos of 1903 came into force on July 1, 1904. In the article there has been elucidated a fundamental difference between zemstvos of 1903 and 1911, which consisted in the evolution of zemstvos institution from state institutions to their reorganization, as local governments. The organizational structure of zemstvos, the order of their formation, etc., have been highlighted. There has been done the analysis of “Regulations on Provincial and County Zemstvo Institutions of January 1, 1864”, “Regulations on Management of Zemstvos in the Provinces of Vilna, Vitebsk, Volyn, Grodno, Kyiv, Kovenska, Minsk, Mogilev and Podolsk” of April 2, 1903, reports at the first annual meeting of Volyn Provincial Committee for Zemstvo Affairs in 1904, “On Determining the Order of Subordination Actions of Institutions and People to the Department of Land Management”, etc. In general, the path of zemstvos institutional development was significantly delayed in Volyn. During their formation, a considerable attention was paid to limiting the Polish influence in favour of the Russian one.
Key words: Volyn province, Right-Bank Ukraine, Russian Empire, zemstvos, local self-government.
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