Dumas 1-4

Question 1

Duma 1 (1906) character

Answer 1

• Kadet majority
• French loan
• Fundamental laws

Question 2

why was the French loan (D1) significant

Answer 2

meant that the Tsar had financial control, meaning the Duma lack any financial control over the government.

Question 3

Fundamental laws

Answer 3

• asserted power of the Tsar
• have him the right to rule independently, right to dissolve the Duma
• can change electoral
• appoint his own council members
• commander of the army

Question 4

what was the Vyborg appeal

Answer 4

• frustrated - Tsar went back on promises
• demanded power of the Duma to be extended
• refused to pay taxes and follow conscription orders
• members arrested and were not allowed to run for re-election.

Question 5

what is a bi-cameral government

Answer 5

one elected assembly (house)
and one unelected council - appointed by Tsar
second chamber can veto any laws they don’t like

Question 6

Second Duma character

Answer 6

• post Vyborg -radicals dominated the duma
• such as SRs and SDs but also right-wingers
• internal debate yet - hostile to government - dissolved

Question 7

Third Duma - reasons Tsar kept it

Answer 7

• made docile by Stolypin - electorate rules changed
• was good for foreign policy = commercial allies also democratic

Question 8

Third Duma character

Answer 8

• more cooperative - docile
• used committee system for welfare - education and national insurance (amongst the 2751 bills)

Question 9

Fourth Duma character

Answer 9

• provided state welfare
• less obstructive but still criticised the Tsar
• Okranha report claimed it was the cause of a lot of disruption and chaos in the country such as - Lena Goldfields (massacre in Siberia)