The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita583recl Year: 1883 474 EUSSIA IN EUROPE. the charitable institutions and various educational establishments, especially girls' schools ; to the head of the Government stud ; lastly, to the Procurator General of the Holy Synod, or Minister of Public Worship. The absolute system also confers undoubted authority on its direct representa- tives, ministers, provincial governors, ispravnik, or heads of districts, cantonal provosts {danovoi pristac), agents of local safety {unadnih). All these functionaries Fig. 255.—Pko
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita583recl Year: 1883 474 EUSSIA IN EUROPE. the charitable institutions and various educational establishments, especially girls' schools ; to the head of the Government stud ; lastly, to the Procurator General of the Holy Synod, or Minister of Public Worship. The absolute system also confers undoubted authority on its direct representa- tives, ministers, provincial governors, ispravnik, or heads of districts, cantonal provosts {danovoi pristac), agents of local safety {unadnih). All these functionaries Fig. 255.—Pkopoktiox of Exiles in Siberia according to Provinces before the Judicial Eeforms. have far more extensive powers than the corresponding officials in other European states. Before the emancipation of the serfs the governor was a real ' master of his province,' possessing the right of intervening in all matters, and personally controlling the tribunals and finances of his territory. The Zemstvo, judicial reforms, and the creation of Chambers of Control for a time curtailed his authority, but the right of veto enjoyed by him in all appointments to the Zemstvo and
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