The abuse of power by county officials in the territory of Belarus in the second half ХІХ – early ХХ century

Authors

  • Andrei R. Ludich Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Keywords:

state apparatus, district officials, abuses of power, bureaucratic arbitrariness, corruption, bribery, embezzlement, official forgery

Abstract

This study considers the problem of abuse of power by county officials in the territory of Belarus in the second half of the XIX – early XX century. It also determines the essential causes of bureaucratic arbitrariness committed by the local administration. The author discloses the main types of bureaucratic crimes in the civil service in the territory of Belarus (such as abuse of authority, inaction of power, infliction of offenses and tortures, criminal use of the state property, bribery, official forgeries). The basic aim of the work is to study the fight against the abuses of county officials as well as to determine the forms and methods of countering corruption in the Belarusian provinces. Besides, the article describes the administrative and criminal responsibility of authorities for official crimes in accordance with the Russian Empire law.

Author Biography

  • Andrei R. Ludich, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of Modern and Contemporary history of Belarus, faculty of history

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Published

2018-10-31

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No. 4 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

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Belarusian History

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Ludich, A.R. 2018. The abuse of power by county officials in the territory of Belarus in the second half ХІХ – early ХХ century. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 4 (Oct. 2018), 54–63.