Local gov

• Alex II: 

  • 1861: Creation of the Mir
  • 1864: Creation of the Zemstvo - only in areas of Russia considered to be Great Russia
  • 1870: Duma introduced - excluded urban proletariat
• Alex III

  • 1891: Introduction of Land Captains - 2,000 appointed
  • 1890: Provisional governors given more control over the Zemstva
  • 1892: Municipal Statute - excluded workers from electorates
  • Reduced peasant representation
• Nich II

  • 1905: Creation of the St Petersburg Soviet
• Prov Gov

  •  1917: Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ Deputies
• Stalin

  • 1929: Establishment of the Kolkhozy and Solkhozy for collectivisation
• Centralisation of government under Communists
• Synthesis:

  • Centralisation of government under Communists
  • Appeared more democratic than in actually was