Developments of central GOV

• What themes of continuity is there for developments in central admin?

  • all Admin was hierachical (Tsars , Politburo)
  • Organs of GOv were answerable to the leaders, not the people
  • Democracy debated, never implemented ( PG - Constituent Assembly)
• During N2's reign why was there a pressure for change?

  • Failure of Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5
  • Bloody Sunday
  • Naval Mutiny Potemkin
  • Overall 1905 was a year of socail unrest "revolution"