The formation of city self-government in Vladivostok in the early 1990s: analysis of reform projects and their implementation

Authors

  • Nikolai S. VORONTSOV Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Vladivostok, Russia)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24866/2542-1611/2023-4/39-51

Keywords:

Local self-government, soviets of people's deputies, executive committee, mayor, territorial public self-government

Abstract

The article analyzes the proposals of the Vladivostok City Council of People's Deputies on the formation of institutions of local self-government in the period 1990–1991, including territorial public self-government. On the basis of archival materials, projects for the creation of new city bodies of representative and executive power, plans for the establishment of the post of mayor of Vladivostok and the organization of citywide elections have been studied. The reasons that thwarted the implementation of the proposed model of urban self-government are identified.

Author Biography

  • Nikolai S. VORONTSOV, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Vladivostok, Russia)

    Candidate of Historical Sciences, Researcher, Department of Socio-Political Studies

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Published

27-12-2023

Issue

No. 4 (2023): Oriental Institute Journal

Section

LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT PRACTICES IN THE FAR EAST OF RUSSIA

How to Cite

“The formation of city self-government in Vladivostok in the early 1990s: analysis of reform projects and their implementation” (2023) Oriental Institute Journal, (4), pp. 39–51. doi:10.24866/2542-1611/2023-4/39-51.