1906-14: Pathway to Modernity?

Question 1

Fundamental Laws 1906

Answer 1

Tsar had the right to rule independently when the Duma was not in session- reasserted his power and authority

Question 2

Duma

Answer 2

Had key rights in areas of legislation and finance

Question 3

First and second Dumas (3)

Answer 3

Discussion over land reform
Appointment of Stolypin as PM and rule via Fundamental Laws
Second Duma repetition- problem of political culture and the lack of compromise

Question 4

The Third Duma

Answer 4

More conservative- bitterly attacked but was this not to be expected (it was)
The attempt to build a more constructive relationship between Government and Duma

Question 5

Agricultural reform

Answer 5

Stolypins’ ‘wager on the strong’
Allowed peasants to own their land and consolidate their holdings

Question 6

The revolutionaries

Answer 6

The SR’s divisions- terrorism vs legalism
Bolshevik Menshevik split- competing ideologies

Question 7

Stolypin assassination

Answer 7

1911