The All-Russian Union of Cities (russian: Всероссийский союз городов, Vserossiysky soyuz gorodov) was a political organisation set up in
Imperial Russia
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...
in August 1914 to help achieve Russian war aims. It was a
liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
organisation which after 1915 operated in conjunction with the
All-Russian Zemstvo Union
The All-Russian Zemstvo Union of Aid to Sick and Wounded Warriors, under the auspices of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (russian: Всероссийский земский союз) was a civil society organisation set up ...
.
The
Kadet
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, newspaper = ''Rech''
, ideology = ConstitutionalismConstitutional monarchismLiberal democracyParliamentarism Political pluralismSocial liberalism
, position = Centre to centre-left
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politician,
Nikolai Kishkin
Nikolai Mikhaylovich Kishkin (russian: Николай Михайлович Кишкин; 11 December 1864 – 16 March 1930) was a physician and a Russian politician on the Central Committee of the Constitutional Democrat Party (Kadets). During Wo ...
, was the deputy chief representative.
Ukraine
The Union of Cities of the Southwestern Front was based in the Ukraine and was led by
Teodor Shteingel
Baron Fyodor "Teodor" Rudolphovich Shteingel (russian: Фёдор Рудольфович Штейнгель, german: Theodor von Steinheil, 9 December 1870, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a= ...
. It employed
Mykola Biliashivsky
Mykola Fedotovych Biliashivskyi, sometimes ''Biliashivsky'' (; 24 October 1867, Uman – 21 April 1926, Kiev) was a Ukrainian archaeologist, ethnographer
Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write ...
,
Dmytro Doroshenko
Dmytro Doroshenko ( uk, Дмитро Іванович Дорошенко, ''Dmytro Ivanovych Doroshenko'', russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Дороше́нко; 8 April 1882 – 19 March 1951) was a prominent Ukrainian political figu ...
,
Ivan Kraskovsky
uk, Іван Красковський
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, image =Ivan_Kraskovskyy.jpg
, image_size=100px
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, order =
, office1 = Ambassador to
, country1 =
, term_start1 =1917
, term_end1 =1920
, predecessor =
, successor ...
,
Volodymyr M. Leontovych,
Fedir Matushevsky,