Cherkassy Townsmen’s Administration; Cherkassy, Kiev Province

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Державний архів Черкаської області

Title (official language):: Черкасская мещанская управа, г. Черкассы Киевской губ.; Черкаська міщанська управа, м. Черкаси Київської губ.

Scope and content:: Included are registers of income and disbursements from candle tax and auxiliary korobka [kosher meat tax] funds collected from Jewish townspeople [meshchane] (1909-15) and files on the collection of arrears; tax books of Jewish townsmen’s societies with family lists of taxable persons; townspeople’s applications for inclusion in family lists; collection ledgers of the tax on real estate (with descriptions and appraisals of same); etc.

Administrative/biographical history:: Townsmen’s administrations were established pursuant to the Senate edict “On the City Statute” (16 June 1870) and operated as elective estate institutions for the management of the affairs of townspeople [meshchane]. In particular, they kept track of the town’s population; compiled lists of townspeople subject to conscription; and apportioned and collected levies, including the particular taxes on Jews – the korobka [kosher meat tax] and candle tax. They were abolished in 1919.

Subject terms:: Financial matters; Financial matters--Debt; Financial records; Real estate; Taxation; Taxation--Candle tax; Taxation--Korobka

System of arrangement:: The fonds' inventory is systematised chronologically.