Marshal of Nobility was an elected position in Russian local self-government

Local self-government

Local self-government is a form of public administration, such that the inhabitants of a certain territory form a community that is recognized by the central government and has a specific legal status and was originated by the Anglo-Saxons.-See also:...

 prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917.

History

Nobility of each province (Gubernia) formed a corporation, Noble Society

Noble Society

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 (:ru:Дворянское общество), governed by the Assembly of Nobility

Assembly of Nobility

Assembly of the Nobility was an self-governing body of the sosloviye of the Russian nobility in Imperial Russia during 1766-1917. Their official status was defined by the Charter to the Gentry in 1785. The Nobility Assemblies were at the guberniya and uyezd levels...

 with an elected Marshal of Nobility at its head. Each subdivision of a province (Uyezd

Uyezd

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) also had its elected Marshal of Nobility.

Marshals of Nobility chaired several local boards, among them Assembly of Nobility, council of Justices of the peace, local education boards, boards that administered drafting of the men into the army etc.

After creation of all-estate Zemstvo

Zemstvo

Zemstvo was a form of local government that was instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. The idea of the zemstvo was elaborated by Nikolay Milyutin, and the first zemstvo laws were put into effect in 1864...

local self-government system, Marshals of Nobility presided over Zemstvo assemblies.

External links

• Handbook for local marshals of nobility St. Petersburg, 1887.