Syniavska L., Sylka O.

Cherkasy City Council in 1900–1919: composition, powers, functions

Abstract: The article analyzes the activity of the Cherkasy City Duma as an elected administrative body of the regional city self-government at the beginning of the 20th century. The role of vowels in the processes of city development, development and decision-making on current problems of city life is emphasized, relations with the district zemstvo are revealed.It was found out that the important areas of its activity were solving issues of city improvement, development of trade and industry, health care, and education. The work of the Duma during the First World War is shown, in particular, in the organization of treatment of wounded soldiers. The peculiarities of the city self-government body in the conditions of the revolutionary events of 1917–1919 (before liquidation by the Bolshevik regime) were also considered).

Keywords: Cherkasy city council, self-government, vowels, burghers, city construction, World War I

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• Syniavska L. (Cherkasy National University named after Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, syniavska_larysa@ukr.net) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5575-5775
• Sylka O. ( Department of International Relations and Social Sciences of the NUBiPUkraine, Kyiv, omedalieva@ukr.net) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-1938

Cite:
Syniavska L. (2024). Cherkasy City Council in 1900–1919: composition, powers, functions. Local Lore Studies, ( 2) 125. (In Ukrainian). doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/kraieznavstvo2024.02.125

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