the second duma('Duma of national anger') February-june 1907 Flashcards
despite the failure of the first duma to achieve any worthwhile results
workers still had great hopes for 2 duma= flocked to poll in huge numbers
how many people voted?
over 70% of eligible workers in St Petersburg voted
Stolypin’s gov tried to influence elections in the next Duma but what increased enormously?
the more extreme left-wing because the Bolsheviks, mensheviks and SRS decided to participate
second duma was therfore?
even more oppositional than its predecessor
what was the largest group with how many deputies?
The Trudoviks - 104 deputies
kadets though weakened had 91
however, right-wing groupings had also increased in number with how many deputies
over 60 deputies(most russian nationalists in national groups)
ocotoberists now had 42
what did Stolypin struggle to find any support for
the agrarian reform programme he had drawn up
what did Stolypin resort to?
resorted to passing leislation under the Tsar’s emergency powers while the duma was not in session
when the duma refused to ratify these what did Stolypin do?
he spread a story about a plot to assassinate the tsar and dissolved the duma,arresting and exiling the more radical delegats
what did stolypin introduce?
he introduced an (illegal) emergencylaw to alter the franchise
What was drastically reduced?
the weight of the peasants, workers and national minorities reduced
the representation of the gentry increased
when did the second duma meet?
in February 1907
second duma was much more what than the first duma?
more radical, became known as ‘the duma of national anger’
-riven by disagreements as right + left-wing deputies provoked each other
what did left do in the second duma
left made fierce attacks on government ministers + interrupted them when they were speaking in the duma
after only three months, what dd the tsar do?
he dissolved the duma using the excuse of the discovery of a plot by social democrats to assassinate him
