THE ATTITUDE OF LIBERAL AND RIGHT-MONARCHIST PARTIES TO THE INTRODUCTION OF ZEMSTVO institutions IN VITEBSK, MINSK AND MOGILEV PROVINCES
The author of the article analyzes the positions of members of local departments of liberal and right-monarchist parties on the introduction of zemstvo institutions in Vitebsk, Minsk and Mogilev provinces in 1911. Representatives of political parties were aware of the need and importance of creating local self-government bodies on the territory of the Belarusian provinces. The author comes to the conclusion that they took an active part in the discussion of various aspects related to the adoption of the relevant project of law by the State duma of the Russian Empire.