Plan of State Transformation

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Plan of State Transformation is a seminal early-19th-century Russian reform project by statesman Mikhail Speransky that proposed comprehensive modernization and constitutional restructuring of the Russian Empire’s government.

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instanceOf Russian political document
constitutional reform plan
political reform project
aimedAt codification of laws
creation of a constitutional order
limiting autocratic arbitrariness
modernization of Russian government
appliesToJurisdiction Russian Empire NERFINISHED
author Mikhail Speransky NERFINISHED
country Russian Empire
describedBySource Russian legal history scholarship
studies of Mikhail Speransky
fieldOfWork constitutional law
public administration
state theory
genre reform program
hasEffect increased discussion of constitutionalism in Russia
partial implementation of administrative reforms
hasPart proposal for a representative legislature
proposal for a system of elected bodies at different levels
proposal for a written constitution
proposal for judicial independence
proposal for reform of the State Council
proposal for separation of legislative and executive powers
historicalPeriod reign of Alexander I of Russia NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance milestone in Russian state reform thought
inception early 19th century
influenced later Russian reform debates
influencedBy Enlightenment political thought
European constitutionalism NERFINISHED
language Russian
locationOfDrafting Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
mainSubject administrative reform
constitutional restructuring
legal reform
representative institutions
separation of powers
state modernization
notableFor comprehensive scope of proposed reforms
early articulation of constitutional ideas in imperial Russia
systematic restructuring of state institutions
opposedBy conservative circles at the imperial court
politicalAlignment liberal reformism
proposedBy Mikhail Speransky NERFINISHED
proposedInstitution hierarchical system of representative bodies
reformed State Council as a legislative body
proposedLegalForm constitutional monarchy
significantPerson Alexander I of Russia NERFINISHED

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Mikhail Speransky notableWork Plan of State Transformation