From 1991 to 2010 there was a single-headed system of legislative and executive power.

On October 26, 2017, a law was approved to return the one-head system, in which the mayor of the city is also vested with the powers of the head of administration.

[3] The post of Chairman of the City Duma, abolished in 2010, was restored.

He is appointed by the decision of the City Duma, during a closed vote of deputies.

During the Russian Tsardom, the position of mayor was called zemsky headman.