State Duma's Flashcards
Article 105:
The Tsar can dissolve the Duma as he wishes
First Duma:
April-July 1906
Peasants held …% of deputy positions in the 1st Duma
38%
First Duma demanded:
Freedom to strike, publicly assemble and universal and direct voting
Second Duma:
February - June 1907
Between … and … agricultural production rose from around … to … million tons of grain harvested
1905 and 1913, from 50 million to 90 million
Third Duma:
November 1907- June 1912
Stylopin’s coup changed the voting laws, so that a deputy needed the vote of …
60,000 peasants OR
125,000 urban workers OR
230 landowners
…% of the population voted for …% of the Duma
1% elected 60% of the Duma
Third Duma passed:
2,571 bills
Lena Goldfields Massacre on…
March and April 1912
In Lena for every … workers there were more than … accidents
1000 workers there were more than 700 accidents
Workers demanded:
8 hour work day, 30% pay rise
In Mid-March the strike extended to …
6000 workers
Soldiers sent in and … worker died and … were injured
200 died, 270 injured
In … there were … strikes
April 1912 there were 700 strikes alone
On the … there was … strikes in St Petersburg
1 May 1912 there were 1000 strikes
There were … strikes in …
14,000 strikes in 1905
222 strikes in 1910
1918 strikes in 1912
Stalin on the Lena goldfield massacre:
“The Lena shots broke the ice of silence, and the river of popular resentment flowed again
Fourth Duma:
November 1912- August 1914
Christian on the Duma:
“The constitutional experiment had revealed even deeper divisions between the elite and the rest of society”
