Bezgin,V.G. Village authority and its personnel from the point of view of Russian peasants (second half of XIX century – early XX century).

Abstract: Based on large amount of archive source the author analyzes the attitudes of the village people towards the local authorities and their representatives. The author shows the mechanism of the functioning of village meetings, and the ways decisions were made in these meetings, analyzes how the peasants perceived the activities of the elected offi cials in the village.

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