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The subject index / Town Council

Town Council


Categories / City Administration/Government Bodies

TOWN COUNCIL, the organ of city government. In St. Petersburg it was set up in the 1710s by the Tsar Peter the Great as an organ for management of merchants and commerce. It was located in Troitskaya Square. In 1718 it was replaced with the City Administration, later after its abolishment in 1727 the Town Council was set up anew (police, courts for merchants and entrepreneurs, taxes, registration of merchants, control over prices etc. were under its jurisdiction). Burgomaster and two stewards headed the Town Council (they were elected annually from among rich merchants). In 1743 the Town Council was replaced with the newly created City Administration.

Reference: Высоцкий И. П. Санкт-Петербургская столичная полиция и градоначальство, 1703-1903: Крат. ист. очерк. СПб., 1903. С. 52-54.

Y. N. Kruzhnov.

Persons
Peter I, Emperor

Addresses
Troitskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city

Bibliographies
Высоцкий И. П. Санкт-Петербургская столичная полиция и градоначальство, 1703-1903: Крат. ист. очерк. СПб., 1903

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City Self-Government

CITY SELF-GOVERNMENT, elected organs responsible for different aspects of city life. The beginning of City Self-Government was laid by Tsar Peter the Great, who set up the Town council in 1710 in St. Petersburg