Marshal of Nobility

Marshal of Nobility

Marshal of Nobility (Russian: Предводитель дворянства) was an elected position in Russian local self-government prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917.

History

Nobility of each province (Gubernia) formed a corporation, Noble Society (ru:Дворянское общество), governed by the Assembly of Nobility with an elected Marshal of Nobility at its head. Each subdivision of a province (Uyezd) 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 local self-government system, Marshals of Nobility presided over Zemstvo assemblies.

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