The paper analyzes preliminary results of 2014 local government reform by the example of Astrakhan region. It presents the correspondence analysis of issues facing municipalities by the end of 2013, stated aims of the reform and preliminary results obtained by the end of 2014. It dwells on the problems unsettled in the course of reform; it explores the concept of local government reform and the amendments to the federal laws developed on this basis; it investigates the practice of implementing federal legislation in Astrakhan region and the concept of local self-government in Astrakhan region presented by the administration of the governor. The paper addresses the period of 2014. The conclusions and proposals for the development of local government in Astrakhan region have been submitted.
