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RUSSIA: Chapter 1: The rule of Tsar Nicholas II > 8. The First Dumas > Flashcards

8. The First Dumas Flashcards

1
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When did the first duma begin

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April 1906

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2
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What happened in April 1906?

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First Duma opened

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3
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When did the first Duma close?

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July 1906

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4
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What happened in July 1906?

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Duma closed

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5
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How many months did the First Duma last?

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2 months

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What did the first Duma participate in?

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Rigorous debates over matters like the Empire like the Polish question and land distribution

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7
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How did the government respond to the rigorous debate of the first Duma?

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Said that land distribution was not an option

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8
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How did the government anger the first Duma?

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Government stated that compulsory redistribution was not an option

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9
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What solution did the first Duma want?

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More radical solutions

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10
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Who wanted more radical solutions

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The first Duma

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11
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Who gained coverage of the first Dumas anger?

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The press

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In response to the growing coverage of the Dumas anger what did Nicholas do?

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Nicholas claimed it was illegal and disbanded it

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13
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What was an achievement of the first Duma?

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First elected government

Large number of liberal and reformists

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14
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Who did the government obtain loans from?

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France

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15
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What was the impact of receiving loans from France?

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Weakened Dumas chance to use financial powers over the Tsar

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16
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What did Nicholas pass in April 1906?

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The fundamental law

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17
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When was the fundamental law passed?

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April 1906

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18
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What did the April 1906 Fundamental law state?

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“The all-Russia Emperor possesses the supreme autocratic power” therefore giving him the right to supersede the Duma and dissolving it if he pleased

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19
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What did the upper chamber have?

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Veto powers

20
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Who had veto powers?

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The upper chambers

21
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What was the impact of the upper chambers having a veto power?

A

Duma had no real power

22
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Between the sorting of the first and second Duma, how were disobedient Ministers handled?

A

Arrested trial and imprisonment

23
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What was arrested and imprisoned in between the first and second Duma and why?

A

Key Kadet and Labourist party moments who has signed the Vyborg manifesto

24
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What was the vyborg manifesto

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Set of demands from militant Duma MPs asking the people of Finland not to pay taxes or serve in the armed forces till the Dumas were restored

25
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What were a Set of demands from militant Duma MPs asking the people of Finland not to pay taxes or serve in the armed forces till the Dumas were restored

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Vyborg manifesto

26
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How many Kadets and Trudoviks formed a rival assembly?

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200

27
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What parties made up the 200 deputies who formed a rival assembly which was repressed by the Tsar

A

Kadets and Trudoviks (SRs)

28
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What was this Duma called?

A

Duma of National hope

29
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What was called the Duma of national hope

A

The first Duma

30
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Who refused to join the Dumas?

A

SRs, Bolsheviks and extreme right wing groups

31
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How many members were peasants?

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191

32
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Of the all of the members, what group did 191 of the represent?

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Peasantry

33
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Who won the most seats?

A

Kadets after a skilful campaign

34
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What fraction of the Duma were peasants?

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A third

35
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What did a third of the representatives in the Duma belong to?

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Peasantry

36
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When did the Duma first meet?

A

May 1st 1906

37
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What happened on May 1st 1906?

A

Duma Met for the first time at St Petersburg

38
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Why did Sergei Witte resign?

A

Revolutionaries at court

39
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Who was Sergi Witte repleaced by?

A

Ivan Goremykin

40
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How much was the loan that France gave to Russia?

A

2250 million gold Francs

41
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What did the first Duma want to abolish

A

Political amnesty ( abolition of state council)

42
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In the Vyborg manifesto, how May Kadets participated

A

120 Kadets including Prince Lviv

43
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How many days did the first Duma last?

A

72 days

44
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What political parties refused to take part in the first elections?

A

SRs

SDs

45
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How did the SRs and SDs react to the first Duma?

A

Refused to take part in the first election

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