Local Government and State Authority in the Provinces

Smolensk, February-June 1917

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ID4212472
AuthorsMichael C Hickey (Bloomsburg University, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume55
Issue4
Pages863-881
Publication date1996-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSlavic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2501241
OpenAlexW2321751072
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

In the last decade, state building and the problems of establishing state authority in the provinces in 1917 have begun to attract historians' attention. Several works by Russian authors treat state building under the Provisional Government, with emphasis upon organizational activities "at the center." Daniel T. Orlovsky and Howard J. White (with greater analytical rigor than their Russian counterparts) have studied the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the provinces. But none of these works has offered a sustained discussion of the revolution in a single city or province. Local studies have concentrated on popular institutions (for example, unions, Red Guards, and the Soviets) and the process of social polarization but have paid litde attention to the state. My aim is to bridge the gap between institutional studies and local studies by looking at local government and the contested nature of state authority in Smolensk from March to June 1917, tracing especially the conflict between class-based politics and state interests

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