The Era Of The Dumas Flashcards
1
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Outline the state duma
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- deputies elected through indirect voting
- deputies elected for five-year terms
2
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Outline state council
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- deputies half elected by zemstva half appointed by the tsar
- representatives of nobility from the major institutions
3
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What were the fundamental laws
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These reasserted his autocratic power and his right to
- rule by decree In an emergency or when the duma was not in session
- veto legislation
- Dissolve the duma
- command Russias army and navy
- control the Orthodox Church
- overturn verdicts given in a court of law
- Direct foreign relations and declare war
4
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Who were the main political parties who stood in elections
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- social democrats
- social revolutionaries
- kadets
- Octobrists
5
Q
Who were the first two Dumas dominated by ?
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Kadets and left-wing groups
6
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Who were in the majority by the third duma
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Octobrists
7
Q
Who dominated the fourth duma
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Those on the right-wing
8
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When was the first duma
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1906-1914
9
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Outline the first duma
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- boycotted by the Bolsheviks, SRs
- Mostly radical-liberals
- Requested radical reforms
- was dissolved in July
- sent 200 delegates to Vyborg and tired to organise protests
10
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When was the second duma
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February- June 1907
11
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Outline the second duma
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- was more left wing because the Bolsheviks, Mensheviks and SRs participated
- opposed the government
- was dissolved after refusing to support stolypins statism reform
- changed in completion when stolypin increase the representation of the gentry
12
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When was the fourth duma
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Nov 1912-17
13
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Outline the fourth duma
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Largely ignored by the government
14
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What indication was there that by 1914 autocracy had appeared to have recovered
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- stolypin had ruthlessly restored order in the countryside
- reform of agriculture meant that the agrarian situation had improved
- the Dumas influence had become non-existent
- revolutionary groups had weakened, partly because if police activity and exiles
15
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What problems remained in 1914
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- from 1912 labour troubles resurfaced
- the influence of the tsar and tsarina of Rasputin damaged Nicholas’s reputation among his traditional supporters
