Russian Empire - Local Administration

Local Administration

Alongside the local organs of the central government in Russia there are three classes of local elected bodies charged with administrative functions:

  • the peasant assemblies in the mir and the volost;
  • the zemstvos in the 34 Governorates of Russia;
  • the municipal dumas.

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