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Виленская городская дума

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The city council of Vilnius (The Duma) was a local self-government body responsible for a broad range of municipal issues including: construction, urban infrastructure, health, education, social welfare, transport, economic, trade and financial affairs. However, the Duma was a dependent body, and issues which were discussed within it required approval of the governor. The materials in the collection reflect the life and activities of Jewish residents in the city of Vilnius and the Vilnius district in the first half of the 19th century. The collection contains personal and vital data on the Vilnius’ Jewish residents such as lists of Jewish homeowners and revision lists (revizskie skazki). The materials include valuable documents related to activities of the executive board of the Jewish community (the kahal), papers on taxation, conscription lists of Jews, records on construction of a synagogue, documents regarding Jewish merchants, entrepreneurs and craftsmen --

Reference Code
LVIA-Vilnius-937
Original Reference Code
Lietuvos Valstybinis istorijos archyvas;fond number 937
Dates
1813-1859
Consists of
21 files.
Languages
Russian;
Description
The collection includes materials about the life and activities of Jewish residents in the city of Vilnius and other towns in the Vilnius district in the first half of the 19th century. The collection contains personal and vital data on Jewish residents: lists of Jewish homeowners from 1813, lists of Jewish merchants and their family members (1818-1819), revision lists (revizskie skazki) of Jews in Gel’vany (1834). The collection includes incoming and outcoming documents of the kahal (decision-making committee of the community) in Vilnius from 1829 and 1834-1835. The collection includes also records from 1815-1816 on elections to the city board, papers on taxation, conscription lists of the Jews (1858-1859), and records from 1841 on construction of a synagogue (including construction drawings). The collection includes numerous records regarding Jewish merchants, entrepreneurs and craftsmen: papers on the establishment of a chimney craft shop (1837-1838), books of records of the meshchane shops, and books about registering of the guild merchants.
Title Виленская городская дума.
Contributors Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881
Notes The archive includes copies of few selected Jewish-related materials from the collection of the Vilnius City Council (Duma) from the Lithuanian State Historical Archives (LVIA).
Host Item Lietuvos valstybės istorijos archyvas (LVIA), Vilnius - Copied Material
Level of Description Sub-Fonds Record
Biographical summary After the third partition of Poland in 1795, the city authorities in Vilnius had to be adapt to the laws of the Russian Empire, where city councils (dumas) were established in 1785. The city councils were dependent bodies and any issues, even the council's meetings, required the approval of the governors. In 1870, a reform was carried out. Electoral rights were expanded and the councils became relatively independent. But in the Northwest Region of Russia, the 1870 law came into effect only in 1876. The council was elected for a four-year term but only property owners who paid city taxes were eligible to vote. Jews were deprived of this right. In 1892, in the framework of the counter-reforms of Alexander III, the new city regulations came into effect, and the council lost part of its power. The 1905 revolution brought new changes of democratization and Jews were appointed to the council members by the governor, but could not make up more than 10 per cent of the Duma’s composition. In 1915, after German troops entered the city, the Vilnius Duma ended its official activities.
Language Note Russian
National Library system number 997010929373905171
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