Status and role of poll tax collection bureaus in the Russian administrative system in the first third of the eighteenth century / Redin Dmitrij A. // CAHIERS DU MONDE RUSSE. - 2014. - V. 55, l. 1-2. - P. 51+.

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1252-6576 / 1777-5388

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Article

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The article examines the status of the fiscal-military administration established following tax reform and the introduction in 1719 of the head, or poll, tax. That reform had a great impact on the most diverse areas of Russian life, including the organization of public administration. The poll tax, whose purpose was the maintenance of the army, was collected by regiments garrisoned in the provinces. In order to alleviate the regiments' military-administrative tasks, Peter the Great introduced a special system of military bodies that was deployed within the context of other, mostly administrative (second local government, collegial, and judicial) reforms. Historiography has traditionally held that polkovye dvory were these fiscal-military administrative bodies. However, a thorough analysis of normative texts and tax-bureau records allows the author to demonstrate that historiography has proceeded on erroneous principles. After establishing clearly that the poll-tax collection bureaus were the main bodies handling fiscal-military administration, the author shows their position in the general system of local administrations and their precedence over civil institutions. All these elements allow one to challenge the traditionally held view of the ``collegial{''} character of administrative reforms during Peter the Great's last years.

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ISI:000346757200004

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Publisher	EDITIONS DE L ECOLE DES HAUTESETUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES
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Language	Russian
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