8. The First Dumas Flashcards
When did the first duma begin
April 1906
What happened in April 1906?
First Duma opened
When did the first Duma close?
July 1906
What happened in July 1906?
Duma closed
How many months did the First Duma last?
2 months
What did the first Duma participate in?
Rigorous debates over matters like the Empire like the Polish question and land distribution
How did the government respond to the rigorous debate of the first Duma?
Said that land distribution was not an option
How did the government anger the first Duma?
Government stated that compulsory redistribution was not an option
What solution did the first Duma want?
More radical solutions
Who wanted more radical solutions
The first Duma
Who gained coverage of the first Dumas anger?
The press
In response to the growing coverage of the Dumas anger what did Nicholas do?
Nicholas claimed it was illegal and disbanded it
What was an achievement of the first Duma?
First elected government
Large number of liberal and reformists
Who did the government obtain loans from?
France
What was the impact of receiving loans from France?
Weakened Dumas chance to use financial powers over the Tsar
What did Nicholas pass in April 1906?
The fundamental law
When was the fundamental law passed?
April 1906
What did the April 1906 Fundamental law state?
“The all-Russia Emperor possesses the supreme autocratic power” therefore giving him the right to supersede the Duma and dissolving it if he pleased
What did the upper chamber have?
Veto powers
Who had veto powers?
The upper chambers
What was the impact of the upper chambers having a veto power?
Duma had no real power
Between the sorting of the first and second Duma, how were disobedient Ministers handled?
Arrested trial and imprisonment
What was arrested and imprisoned in between the first and second Duma and why?
Key Kadet and Labourist party moments who has signed the Vyborg manifesto
What was the vyborg manifesto
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
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
Vyborg manifesto
How many Kadets and Trudoviks formed a rival assembly?
200
What parties made up the 200 deputies who formed a rival assembly which was repressed by the Tsar
Kadets and Trudoviks (SRs)
What was this Duma called?
Duma of National hope
What was called the Duma of national hope
The first Duma
Who refused to join the Dumas?
SRs, Bolsheviks and extreme right wing groups
How many members were peasants?
191
Of the all of the members, what group did 191 of the represent?
Peasantry
Who won the most seats?
Kadets after a skilful campaign
What fraction of the Duma were peasants?
A third
What did a third of the representatives in the Duma belong to?
Peasantry
When did the Duma first meet?
May 1st 1906
What happened on May 1st 1906?
Duma Met for the first time at St Petersburg
Why did Sergei Witte resign?
Revolutionaries at court
Who was Sergi Witte repleaced by?
Ivan Goremykin
How much was the loan that France gave to Russia?
2250 million gold Francs
What did the first Duma want to abolish
Political amnesty ( abolition of state council)
In the Vyborg manifesto, how May Kadets participated
120 Kadets including Prince Lviv
How many days did the first Duma last?
72 days
What political parties refused to take part in the first elections?
SRs
SDs
How did the SRs and SDs react to the first Duma?
Refused to take part in the first election
