Saint Petersburg encyclopaedia

Simple search

Advanced search

Name
Address
Text
Person
Rubric

alphabet

Administrative board of the city

Categories / City Administration/Government Bodies

ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF THE CITY, the executive body of the city government. Instituted in 1873 during the implementation of the City Reform of 1870. It was elected by the City Duma for a term of 4 years (since 1903, for 6 years). The administrative board of the city was headed by the chairman of the City Duma (mayor). The board comprised from 6 to 8 departments (regulatory one, public services and amenities department, etc.). The work of the board was controlled by the chief of the city administration. Since 1892 the staff of the administrative board of the city was considered to be in the civil service. The board was housed in the building of the City Duma (33/1 Nevsky Prospect). It was abolished in 1918 after the adoption of the system of Soviets.

Y. N. Kruzhnov.

Addresses

Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city, house 33/1

Bibliographies

Ерошкин Н. П. История государственных учреждений дореволюционной России. 3-е изд., перераб. и доп. М., 1983

The subject Index

Municipal Reform of 1870
City Duma
City Duma

Chronograph

1873

Mentioned in articles (10)

Members of the City Duma. Photo, 1913.

hidden

City Duma CITY DUMA, administrative body of the city government. It was instituted in 1786 by Cities letter of grant (1785). City Duma was in charge of the city economy, taxes and levies, trade, medicine, education etc

hidden

City Self-Government CITY SELF-GOVERNMENT, elected organs responsible for different aspects of city life. The beginning of City Self-Government was laid by Tsar Peter the Great, who set up the Town council in 1710 in St. Petersburg

hidden

Duma of Six Members DUMA OF SIX MEMBERS, an elected executive organ of city self-government. The Duma was formed according to the Imperial Decree to Cities of 1785. It was appointed concurrently with the General City Duma in January 21 1786

hidden

Horse-car HORSE-CAR (horse-railway; horse-tram), a railway type of omnibus. In the second half of the 19th - early 20th century horse-cars were the most available passenger public transport means

hidden

Leningrad Soviet LENINGRAD SOVIET (Leningrad City Soviet of People"s Deputies), the supreme authority on the terriory of Leningrad. It originated from Petrograd Soviet of working people and soldiers" deputies founded on February 27 (March 12 New Style)

hidden

Mayor MAYOR, the elected head of the municipal government bodies in the second half of the 18th - early 20th centuries. The position was founded in 1766, mayor was elected for 2 years from landowners over 30 years old

hidden

Municipal Institutions Buildings (entry) MUNICIPAL INSTITUTION BUILDINGS. Buildings intended to house various institutions (education committees, military enlistment, sanitary and medical committees); subject to the City Duma and City Government

hidden

Municipal Reform of 1870 MUNICIPAL REFORM OF 1870, reorganisation of local power structures as part of the Great Reforms of the 1860s-70s. According to City Regulations approved on 16 June 1870, an All-Estate City Duma was established with two executive bodies

hidden

hidden