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Why did the emancipation of the serfs make local govt. reforms more imperative?
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A void was created, the serf owners had previously had local legal control and had taken responsibility for local road construction/fencing/bridge repair etc.
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When was the commission into local govt. reform set up?
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1860
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Name the two chairs of the commission into local govt. reform?
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Firstly: Nicholas Alexander Milyutin, Secondly: Pyotr Valuev (Minister for Internal Affairs)
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What were the district councils called?
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Uezd.
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What were the provisional councils called?
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Zemstva (sing. = zemstvo)
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What was the process for election to the zemstva called, describe?
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Electoral colleges: separate colleges for nobles, townspeople, Church and peasants. Votes arranged to allow nobility to dominate.
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Name some of the powers of the zemstva?
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To make improvements to public services such as: roads, schools, public health, as well as developing industrial projects and administering poor relief in times of hardship.
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In what year was local govt. reform extended to towns and in what form?
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1870, dumas (elected town councils) set up in urban areas.
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What percentage of the zemstva were nobles?
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During 1865-67, 74% of the zemstva were nobles.
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What fields were the zemstva considered to be most effective in?
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Education and welfare: they extended local provisions as a matter of pride.
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What impact did the zemstva/dumas have on political views in Russia?
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They tended to be filled be liberal minded professionals (such as doctors, lawyers and teachers), and so became a forum for debate about central govt. - had large role in demands for reform in late 1800s/early 1900s.
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By 1914, how many provinces of Russia had a provincial assembly?
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43 out of 70, they spread slowly.
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