Talk:Zemstvo

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The Zemstva were local governments, similar to local councils, which supposedly were set up to make Russia more democratic. Local people could join, and vote about certain things. The middle classes were represented in government for the first time. However, roughly 74% of them were made up of nobility. Also, provincial governers could overrule anything the Zemstva agreed on, if it didn’t suit the Tsarist regime. The Zemstva were under funded by central government, and not given a lot of power, and therefore developed an anti-Tsarist feeling. For many years they were places were locals could go and discuss their contempt for the Tsar. . --Ghirla ^-трёп- 07:56, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the word zemstvo is written with a small letter in English unless it refers to any specific zemstvo, i.e. Archangel Zemstvo etc, so I think the words " Zemstvo" in the article should be respelled. Also I wonder if it would be more correct to spell the plural of the word Zemstvo as zemstvos, not zemstva?

I think the plural form should at least be consistent throughout the article. All of the dictionaries I've consulted have "zemstvos," not "zemstva," so I will change them to that for now.Yarjka (talk) 22:29, 20 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Orenburg, Astrakhan, and Stavropol were not "Provinces of the Don."[edit]

The Don, Kuban, Astrakhan, Ural, and Orenburg were separate Cossack hosts, and had separate territories. Stavropol was one of the regular guberniyas. 108.45.79.25 (talk) 00:55, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

1890 Reforms[edit]

"These Zemstvos' original powers were severely restricted by Alexander III" I am not sure that the claim in this article is accurate (or at least unbiased) I am seeing this source which makes me think otherwise. "Authorities agree that zemstvo competence was not constricted, but expanded by the 1890 statue"^[1] Czarking0 (talk) 02:56, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I reworked this section a bit with more detail and what I think is a more neutral POV.

I have this sentence at the end of the section now which I think really begs additional comment but my source does not go deeper. "Prior to 1890, zemstvo sessions were often cut short due to assemblies not meeting the quorum. This was in part because officials were not allowed to receive a salary or other compensation for their position." This is well sourced and what is additionally sourced is that part of the motivation of the 1890 law was to decrease absenteeism. What I would like to know is if the measures in the 1890 law actually succeed in reducing absenteeism. Czarking0 (talk) 22:42, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Vucinich (1982, p. 47)

[1] Vucinich (1982, p. 47)

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