Events
Zemstvo and judicial reforms
Local government and courts
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- 1864
Elected zemstvo institutions were created to address local economic affairs. The Judicial Statutes introduced new principles of legal procedure, including public hearings, adversarial proceedings and trial by jury in cases provided for by law.
- Ruler
- Alexander II
- Zemstvo Statute
- 1 (13) January 1864
- Judicial Statutes
- 20 November (2 December) 1864
Sources
- Presidential Library: the Zemstvo Statute of 1864
- Presidential Library: the judicial reform of 1864 — overview and documents
- Ruwiki: Zemstvo reform (in Russian)
- Ruwiki: Judicial reform of Alexander II (in Russian)
- Wikipedia: Zemstvo reform (in Russian)
- Wikipedia: Judicial reform of Alexander II (in Russian)