What has been done in rural Tatarstan during a decade of implementing the system of population’ self-taxation

Sagdieva E.A.

262-275 p.


doi.org: 10.22378/he.2024-9-2.262-275


Abstract. The budget deficit in municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan forces local authorities to search for additional sources of funding to solve the problems of rural settlements. One of the ways was the participation of rural municipalities in the development of a system of self-taxation for citizens. It has been implemented in Tatarstan since 2013. The article sets the task of assessing the effects of the self-taxation system in rural settlements of the republic, accumulated over 10 years of its operation. By analyzing the legislative framework of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan, the author reveals the basic concepts and provisions used in the system of self-taxation of citizens. Using interviews he conducted in municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan with heads, deputies, and activists of rural settlements, the experience of using and features of public participation in the self-taxation system over the past ten years was examined. It was revealed that the results of the implementation of the self-taxation system are expressed in an increased level of trust in it on the part of villagers, in almost one hundred percent collection of contributions, in the involvement of village residents in the formation of municipal budget plans, in increasing the civic responsibility of representatives of rural communities of Tatarstan. The “external” effect of the self-taxation system is expressed in the number of solved problems of local importance: repair and construction of rural roads, water supply, street lighting, improvement of cemeteries, monuments and obelisks, sites for garbage containers, sidewalks, embankments, springs, parks and public gardens. This list of work of conducted works, which is far from complete, using the villagers’ self-taxation system and through co-financing from the government bodies of Tatarstan, has significantly increased the level and quality of rural life in the republic.


Keywords: self-taxation, local issues, rural settlements, local referendum, citizens' meeting, rural self-organization, state co-financing

For citation: Sagdieva E.A. (2024) What has been done in rural Tatarstan during a decade of implementing the system of population’ self-taxation. Istoricheskaya etnologiya [Historical Ethnology]. Vol. 9. No. 2: 262–275. https://doi.org/10.22378/he.2024-9-2.262-275 (In Russ.)


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About the author: Elvina A. Sagdieva, Cand. Sc. (Sociology), Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Ethnological Research, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7, Baturin St., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4510-9467; e-mail: elvina_n@mail.ru


Received 14.12.2023 Revised 7.02.2024   Accepted for publication 29.03.2024

Published Online 23.07.2024