2025. no 2. Elvis Osmanov
The activities of the heads of the Crimean Tatars in Bakhchisarai
in the last quarter of the 19th – early 20th centuries
Elvis Osmanov
Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University
Abstract. The city of Bakhchisarai turned into a district town in the Tauride province when the Crimea became the part of Russian Empire. The emergence and design of the local city government system gave an opportunity for more efficient and rational municipal economy management in the second half of the nineteenth century. This was reflected in the development of urban infrastructure. The central part of the city government system was the City Duma, headed by the chairman, who was also the head of the Uprava. Numerous questions depended from the actions of the mayor and the members of Duma: the development of urban economy, improvement issues, the support of the public education system and etc. This article analyzes the activities of the Crimean Tatar leaders of the Bakhchisarai city administration based on archival sources and published materials. The realities of everyday life of city residents and the changes that became possible thanks to the rational actions of city government bodies were shown. The purpose of this publication is to analyze the main issues and problems that were solved by the local authorities of Bakhchisarai, when the City Duma was headed by I. Gasprinsky, S. Chubukchi, M. Davidovich, S. Krymtayev, based on the materials of the City Council funds. In conclusion, the author comes to the opinion that the city administration leaders have achieved certain successes in solving individual issues of urban development, city improvement (road paving, water supply, electrification, construction of a cement plant), health care, and the everyday life of city residents. The archival materials also recorded cases of resistance from both local government officials and city residents.
Keywords: Bakhchisarai, city government, members of duma, improvement of the city, water supply, lease agreements.
For citation: Osmanov E.E. The activities of the heads of the Crimean Tatars in Bakhchisarai in the last quarter of the 19th – early 20th centuries. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2025, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 38–50. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2025.2.38-50 (In Russian)
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About the author: Elvis E. Osmanov – Cand. Sci. (History), associate professor at the Department of History, Fevzi Yakubov Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University (8, Uchebnyy lane, Simferopol 295015, Russian Federation); elvis_osmanov@mail.ru
