This article presents the outcomes of a research project conducted in five small Russian towns. Different coalitions between local actors take place in all communities. However, coalitions that meet the criteria of the urban regime (in Stone's classical interpretation) have been discovered, with certain reservations, only in two towns. For a number of characteristics, these coalitions differed from regimes in American and European towns: often not quite voluntary nature of coalitions, prevalence of egoistic motives in the coalition–building, strong dependence of the regimes on the personal factor (personal qualities and resources of local administrators, their experience, relations with regional elites, etc.), absence of formal organizations able to coordinate the interests of coalition members, etc. In the three other local communities, urban regimes have not been built due to personal factors, frequent changes in the local government leadership, or the role of external factors (the nature of the relationship of local elites with regional and federal authorities, methods of influence of regional authorities on local politics). In the public agenda of the regimes (quasi–regimes), the elements of the status quo and, to a lesser extent, growth, prevail. The outcomes of study allow us to conclude that despite the authoritarian nature of the Russian politics and the differences between Russian and American contexts, urban regimes analysis is quite applicable for the study of power in Russian local communities.

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俄罗斯小城镇的城市制度

本文介绍了在俄罗斯五个小城镇进行的一项研究项目的成果。当地行为者之间的不同联盟发生在所有社区。然而，符合城市制度标准（斯通的经典解释）的联盟已经被发现，但有一定的保留，只有在两个城镇。在许多特征上，这些联盟与美国和欧洲城镇的政权不同：联盟的性质往往不完全是自愿的，联盟建设中普遍存在利己主义动机，政权对个人因素（个人素质和资源）的强烈依赖。地方行政人员、他们的经验、与地区精英的关系等），缺乏能够协调联盟成员利益的正式组织等。在其他三个地方社区中，城市政权的建立不是由于个人因素、地方政府领导层的频繁变化或外部因素的作用（地方精英与地区和联邦当局的关系性质、地区当局对地方政治的影响方式） . 在政权（准政权）的公共议程中，现状要素和在较小程度上的增长要素占主导地位。研究结果使我们得出结论，尽管俄罗斯政治的威权性质以及俄罗斯和美国的背景存在差异，但城市政权分析非常适用于俄罗斯地方社区的权力研究。或外部因素的作用（地方精英与地区和联邦当局的关系的性质，地区当局对地方政治的影响方法）。在政权（准政权）的公共议程中，现状要素和在较小程度上的增长要素占主导地位。研究结果使我们得出结论，尽管俄罗斯政治的威权性质以及俄罗斯和美国背景之间的差异，城市政权分析非常适用于俄罗斯地方社区的权力研究。或外部因素的作用（地方精英与地区和联邦当局的关系的性质，地区当局对地方政治的影响方法）。在政权（准政权）的公共议程中，现状要素和在较小程度上的增长要素占主导地位。研究结果使我们得出结论，尽管俄罗斯政治的威权性质以及俄罗斯和美国背景之间的差异，城市政权分析非常适用于俄罗斯地方社区的权力研究。