The Board of People’s Deputies System Reform in Kalmykia during the years of Perestroika (1989–1991)

Abstract

The article analyses the board of people’s deputies system reform at the end of 1980s — the beginning of 1990s on the example of the Republic of Kalmykia. The board of people’s deputies system reform in Kalmykia in the given period developed within the framework of social doctrine vision of the Soviet in the system of country-wide power. These changes reflected the influence of perestroika and were aimed at democratization of the board of people’s deputies work, the rise of their role as the representational body of power and responsibility, specifically the local board, in the solution of social-economic problems of the territories and population. Beginning from 1991, under the influence of Russian reforms there was a gradual transition to the perception of the local board as a local government authority. In 1992, the local government institution was introduced in Kalmykia.