Complaint Letters and Petitions to the Moscow Governor-General: Communication with Public Authorities (1841-1855)

Student: Balagurov Viacheslav

Educational Programme: Historical Knowledge (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2020

Pettions were important channel of communication between populace and power. They were tool of governance for those in power and resort for disempowered. In this work we analyze bureaucratic work with petitions toward Moscow Governor-General submitted between 1841 and 1855.

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