NII: POLITICAL

Question 1

How did the October Manifesto come about?

Answer 1

As a result of the 1905 revolution.

Question 2

When was the October Manifesto released?

Answer 2

17th October 1905.

Question 3

When did the first Duma open?

Answer 3

April 1906.

Question 4

When did the first Duma close?

Answer 4

June 1906.

Question 5

What was the first Duma known as?

Answer 5

‘Duma of National Hope’.

Question 6

Why did the First Duma swiftly close?

Answer 6

Tsar felt the demands were too radical, so he passed a vote of no confidence.

Question 7

What was the Vyborg Manifesto?

Answer 7

In 1906, some Kadets felt the need to take action against the Tsar and told peasants to refuse taxes/military service.

Question 8

When was the second Duma?

Answer 8

February 1907.

Question 9

When did the second Duma close?

Answer 9

June 1907.

Question 10

Who were the two leading parties in the second Duma?

Answer 10

Trudoviks and Nationalists.

Question 11

Why did the second Duma swiftly close?

Answer 11

Stolypin dissolved it after spreading rumours that the SDs tried to kill the Tsar.

Question 12

What was the second Duma known as?

Answer 12

‘Duma of National Anger’.

Question 13

When was the third Duma opened?

Answer 13

November 1907.

Question 14

When was the third Duma dissolved?

Answer 14

June 1912.

Question 15

What actions did the third Duma take that made it successful?

Answer 15

Far more submissive and it agreed 2,200 of 2,500 government proposals.

Question 16

What was the third Duma known as?

Answer 16

‘Duma of Lords and Lackeys.’

Question 17

Which were the two leading parties in the third Duma?

Answer 17

Octoberists and Rightists.

Question 18

What was clear by 1912 when the third Duma had ran its course?

Answer 18

That the Duma system was not working and had no control over the Tsar or his government.

Question 19

What was passed in April 1906? What did it demonstrate?

Answer 19

Fundamental Laws, demonstrated that the Tsar was taking back some of his autocratic powers.

Question 20

When was the fourth Duma opened?

Answer 20

November 1912.

Question 21

When was the fourth Duma closed? When did it really stop having power?

Answer 21

Closed officially: November 1917.

However, evident instability and loss of influence when entering WW1.

Question 22

When was Stolypin assassinated?

Answer 22

1911.

Question 23

When were Stolypin’s agrarian reforms first discussed?

Answer 23

In 1907, by the second Duma.

Passed by third Duma.

Question 24

What was the issue with Stolypin’s agrarian reforms?

Answer 24

Needed twenty years to stabilise but he died in 1911.

Question 25

Who was Stolypin?

Answer 25

Appointed as President of the Council of Ministers, July 1906, and was a strong supporter of autocracy.

Question 26

What was Stolypin’s necktie?

Answer 26

Shows his repression, the noose was used to kill 60,000 involved in political opposition.

Question 27

What did Stolypin resort to when the second Duma wouldn’t pass his agrarian reforms?

Answer 27

Article 87.

Question 28

What happened in 1912?

Answer 28

Lena Goldfields Massacre, strike.

Question 29

How many political strikes were there in 1914 compared to 1908? (Corin and Fiehn).

Answer 29

2401 in 1914.

464 in 1908.

Question 30

How much per annum was industrial production until 1914?

Answer 30

6%

Question 31

How much did the total industrial output for consumer goods fall to?

Answer 31

From 52% to 45%.

Question 32

How much of the workforce were involved in the July 1914 strike?

Answer 32

25%

Question 33

By November 1905, how many cities were out of control and outbreaks of munity continued?

Answer 33

10 out of 19 large cities in the Empire.

Question 34

Where is an example of where outbreaks of munity continued after the October Manifesto?

Answer 34

Kronstadt: on Oct 26th and 27th, 26 men were killed and 107 injured when a sailors rebellion was crushed.

Question 35

What did the fourth Duma declare in 1914?

Answer 35

‘mass dissatisfaction’.

Question 36

How was the judicial system improved under the third Duma?

Answer 36

With the reinstatement of justices of the peace and the abolition of land captains.

Question 37

How did Stolypin attempt to destabilise the Duma?

Answer 37

By manipulating Article 87 to create an even greater bias towards autocracy.