| Local autonomy is an important part of the political system in the vast majority of countries in the world. Local autonomy has a very important practical significance for the realization of the political rights of citizens, the establishment of a sound democratic politics, the protection and promotion of local characteristics and development. Different countries because of their different historical development and political tradition, the form and depth of the practice of local autonomy are also different. Russia as a major country in the world, with a vast territory and diverse ethnic distribution of the country. The local self-government reform started since the nineteen sixties, has experienced the czar of Russia, the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation three historical period, reform during the start-up and development, local political authorities from the potential and destroy, also the reconstruction of local autonomy and establishment.Will be studied in this paper to expand the field of vision to the one hundred years of history, using the methods of historical research and comparative study, tries to from the development changes of historical facts, to extract the for the same region is vast, diverse ethnic Chinese is useful to refer to the significance of the historical experience and lessons. Russia for more than one hundred years of local autonomy in the process of reform and development, both under the centralized system as the practice of democratic politics, high pressure under the rule of the people bring the limited role but can acquire part satisfies the autonomous rights, there are changes in the political environment as a direct result of the system of local autonomy destroying or rebirth. The historical experience, to explore China local self-government system established a wider scope and deeper, with a high reference.This paper is divided into five parts. The first part briefly introduces the concept of local autonomy is defined, and the local autonomy of the major countries of the world, as discussed below pave the way.The second part introduces the Tsarist empire period of local self-government reform start, the subsequent development of the whole context, analysis and summary of the practical significance of the reformation of local autonomy.The third part of the Soviet Union, with different leaders for the sector, divided the theoretical change and practice process about people’s autonomy in different periods, and lack of analysis of influence of local autonomy brought.The fourth part is the establishment of practice form and process, the division of authority of Contemporary Russian federal system of local autonomy, as close to the reality of contemporary politics based on the analysis of how to establish local autonomy.The fifth part is in Russia for more than one hundred years of local self-government reform and development history, analyzes the experience and lessons, as reference for Chinese autonomous development. |