Senatorial inspections in the Upper Volga region: in search of the effective control over the local governments

Author(s):  V.M. Marasanova, Dr., Prof., P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Yaroslavl, Russia, vmm@uniyar.ac.ru

Issue:  Volume 45, №2

Rubric:  Topical issues of russian history

Annotation:  The article considers the senatorial inspections of the 18th-19th centuries through the example of the Up-per Volga Region (Vladimir, Tver, Kostroma and Yaroslavl provinces) – typical of the Central Russia. Senatorial inspections were the form of control by higher authorities over local governments. Senatorial inspections were held in Upper Volga Region 15 times until the 1870s. The article analyzes rules and regulations on inspection carrying out, gives data on the quantity of inspections and evaluates their results through supreme authorities control over local authorities. The article shows that inspections revealed violation of laws, slow legal investigations, nobility election fraud and abuse of rights in organization of state construction works. However the senatorial inspections didn't have a prolonged effect and weren't carried out in the region after 1871. The author notes that senatorial inspections left the significant array of historical information of statistical and demographic nature

Keywords:  Senatorial Inspections, Control, Local Governments, Governors, Upper Volga Region

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