R: The Dumas, Stolypin's Govt., Opposition

Question 1

1st Duma

Answer 1

April to July 1906
Radical agenda resulted in political stalemate
–> Petr Stolypin instated by Tsarr as Chief Minister

Question 2

2nd Duma

Answer 2

February to June 1907
Petr Stolypin as Chief minister attempted to direct agrarian reform

However even more radical, extreme left “Duma of the people’s wrath”
Arguments on land confiscation

Resulted in electoral system being skewed towards nobility and wealthy.

Question 3

3rd Duma

Answer 3

November 1907 to June 1912
Stolypin implemented some reforms:
Education, insurance scheme for workers

Question 4

4th Duma

Answer 4

1912 - 1914

Question 5

Agricultural impact of Stolypin

Answer 5

30% increase of agricultural output
However, only 20% of peasants owned their land, and in the 1917 Revolution, peasants everywhere revolted and seizing land of Stolypin farmers.

Question 6

Industrial impact of Stolypin

Answer 6

50% increase of iron and steel production
However strike at Lena gold fields (1912) was violently supressed (hudnred of deaths)

Question 7

Stolypin’s agricultural reforms

Answer 7

• Peasants’ Land Bank
• Incentive for independent farming (leave mir, move to Serbia) –> 5 million

Question 8

Stolypin’s industrial reforms

Answer 8

• Legalisation of trade unions
• Introduction of factory inspections and insurance
• Maximum work day shortened

Question 9

How did the Dumas change? (party composition)

Answer 9

Trudoviks (peasant) and National Parties diminished
Moderate reformers (Octobrists, Progressivits) became susbtantial.
Right wing would increase 15x

Question 10

Stolypin quote

Answer 10

“I am fighting against revolution but for reform”

Question 11

Why did Tsar keep the Duma?

Answer 11

1. Reputation, after the 1905 revolution
2. He retained complete authority regardless