title: Crisis of the System of Local Governance in Siberia before the Fall of Autocracy
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metadata.value: Konovalov, Igor A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:33:56Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:33:56Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-09
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metadata.value: Konovalov I. A. Crisis of the System of Local Governance in Siberia before the Fall of Autocracy. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 3, pp. 771–782.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.307
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/14914
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article comprehensively considers the local governance in Siberia on the eve of the revolution
  of 1917. The powers and activity of local governance as well as the role of administrative
  and police authorities are examined. The analysis reveals that the powers of the administrative
  and police authorities in the region had their own specificity and were much wider than in the
  central provinces of the Russian Empire. In order to maintain order in the region before the
  revolution oppressive measures were taken. The combination of police arbitrariness, based on
  formalism and paperwork, with oppressive measures was a usual practice of local administration
  in Siberia. The economy of the Russian Empire was unprepared for continuous tension.
  The war and the issues caused by it led to the destruction and stagnation of the economy.
  The Siberian region, as an integral part of Russia, was no exception. The entry of the country
  into the First World War brought about destabilization of the socio-economic and political
  situation. The rise of anti-government sentiments, along with the inevitable increase in crime,
  showed that the opportunity for the modernization of the regional governance was passed up.
  The war served as a catalyst for the degradation of the political system of the Russian Empire.
  The growth of social tension and grave economic crisis in the region paralyzed the activities of
  local administration and police authorities, determining their decay. This was due to a whole
  complex of reasons and prerequisites of objective and subjective nature, most important of
  which was the overwhelming structural crisis of all spheres of life in the state and society. The
  system of administrative and police governance in the region, as well as throughout the country,
  began malfunctioning since it was ill-equipped for prompt and rapid response to emerging
  events and issues. Being incapable of withstanding the new pressure, it quickly degenerated
  and collapsed under the onslaught of revolutionary events in February — March 1917.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 3
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history of Siberia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: power
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: governance
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: administration
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: governor
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: police
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: authorities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Crisis of the System of Local Governance in Siberia before the Fall of Autocracy
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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