Abstract
The importance of the research of the Kazan Governorate nobility self-government activity in the middle of the 19th – early 20th centuries is determined by the fact that the study of this issue gives the opportunity to define the scenarios of keeping the power in the hands of the nobility, as well as the domestic needs of the nobility who represented multifunctional institutions handling both the problems of their social class and the local administration issues. This research is supported by the system approach based upon the study of noble institutions as an integral whole, and all aspects of its activity are geared to the interests of the nobility. The article highlights the study of the Kazan Governorate noble institutions as the bodies of the social class self-government. The authors investigated the interaction with the local government, and the influence on the government policy during the petition campaign and by means of the meetings of the governorate noble society representatives. The activity of the noble institutions shows their role in the formation of the civil society. The practical value of the research is that its conceptual issues and conclusions may be used in the preparation of the summarizing and special works on the history of Russia and Tatarstan. These materials are of research and practical interest within the study of social, political and economic life of the Russian Empire and Kazan Governorate.
Highlights
The reactivation of the democratic, political, economic and social institutions in recent times led to the study of instances in the pre-revolutionary past of Russia
The importance of the research of the Kazan Governorate nobility self-government activity in the middle of the 19th – early 20th centuries is determined by the fact that the study of this issue gives the opportunity to define the scenarios of keeping the power in the hands of the nobility, as well as the domestic needs of the nobility who represented multifunctional institutions handling both the problems of their social class and the local administration issues
The early 1860s became an important turn in the activity of the governorate nobility societies – as a result of the Great Reforms they were released from the duty to elect the public servants to the local institutions. This fact coupled with the depriving the nobility of the monopoly on the land ownership give cause to say about the weakening of their role in the district administration
Summary
The reactivation of the democratic, political, economic and social institutions in recent times led to the study of instances in the pre-revolutionary past of Russia. The epoch of “Great Reforms” of 60–70s of the 19th century, when the authorities and the society began to work more closely, creating new institutions of the civil society, is of special interest. At the beginning of the 1860s, the introduction of the noble institutions caused the withdrawal of some administrative functions, performing of which made the nobility corporation dependent on the governorate authorities. This led to the empowerment of nobles by birth in the realization of private and corporate social, economic and political interests. In their turn, tried to gain the support of the service class people during the periods which were crucial for them (Mironova, 2013)
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