Provincial Administrative Elite and State Duma: Career and Kinship Connections (1907-1912)
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2024-13-4-430-445
Abstract
This article focuses on the socio-political life during the terms of the II, III, and IV State Dumas, specifically examining the career and kinship connections within the “Stolypin administration” and the deputy corps. The study covers the period from April 26, 1906, to September 5, 1911, when P. A. Stolypin held the position of Minister of Internal Affairs. It also explores the period from the election of the II Duma on February 20, 1907, to the election of the IV Duma on November 15, 1912, to identify former or future governors or vice-governors among the deputies of the Stolypin era. The geographical scope of the study includes the provinces of European Russia. The authors aim to analyze the relationship between bureaucratic and political elites during the Stolypin era. The article examines the career biographies and factional affiliations of Stolypin administrators connected to the Duma, as well as the kinship ties between the governor corps and Duma deputies. The authors conclude that provincial administrators were predominantly associated with the Union of October 17 and right-wing factions, with most not seeking to pursue parliamentary careers. Typically, these were public figures who had previously held positions in local government and nobility self-government before serving in provincial administration.
Supporting agencies: The study is supported by Russian Science Foundation, project number 24-28-00698 “Personnel policy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire towards governors and vice-governors of European Russia in the second half XIX — early XX centuries”
About the Authors
V. A. Lovtsov
Derzhavin Tambov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir A. Lovtsov, PhD in History, Senior Lecturer, Department of History and Philosophy
Tambov
S. К. Lyamin
Derzhavin Tambov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey K. Lyamin, PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of History and Philosophy
Tambov
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Lovtsov V.A., Lyamin S.К. Provincial Administrative Elite and State Duma: Career and Kinship Connections (1907-1912). Nauchnyi dialog. 2024;13(4):430-445. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2024-13-4-430-445
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