The administrative system of the Turkestan Governor-Generalship
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Draw the chain of administration from the governor-general to a village elder as a diagram.
Governor-general → provincial military governor → uyezd head → uchastka pristav → volost head → village elder / aul head.
2
Work out the representation ratio in the Tashkent duma: 80,000 : 21 and 3900 : 48 (approximately). In which group did one deputy stand for more people?
Local residents: 80,000 : 21 ≈ 3800 people per deputy; Russians: 3900 : 48 ≈ 81 per deputy. One deputy stood for far more people among the local residents.
3
Why might a system joining military and civil power in one person affect local people’s rights? Write your view.
Because oversight by courts or elected bodies was weak and people were governed on a military basis. (Free answer.)
4
Match the years 1865, 1867, 1877 and 1886 to the document or event.
1865 – Provisional Statute; 1867 – governor-generalship; 1877 – Tashkent City Statute; 1886 – new Statute.