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    • what were the fundamental laws?
      1906 - Reinforced tsars autocratic rule over Russia
      Council of minister only answerable to Tsar not the Duma
      Article 87 - Tsar can rule by decree over Duma
    • what was the zemstvo?
      set up 1864
      had local powers over education
      independence to resolve local economic and social issues
    • what did the october manifesto say?
      1905
      Duma set up allowed to reject or approve of legislation
      censorship relaxed
      people have more rights to discussions
    • what is democratic centralism?
      A principle of organization in which decisions are made through collective discussion and then implemented with unity and discipline.
    • What was the dictatorship of the Proletariat under Lenin?
      he would rule on behalf and in the interest of the workers
    • What did the 1924 constitution say?
      that members of the public could vote different soviets in but this was an illusion of democracy
    • what did the 1918 constitution outline?
      that the power was in the hands of the All Russian Congress of soviets to elect the sovarnkom
      in reality sovarnkom chosen by Bolsheviks
    • what was the Politburo?
      The highest policy-making body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Overtook Sovarnkom in 1919
    • Party unity 1921?
      banned all other political opposition meaning Russia was ruled only by Bolsheviks
    • Duma 1870 under Alexander II

      only dealt with local issues
      no national authority
    • What changes did Alexander III make to voting?
      Laws of 1890 and 1892 restricted who could vote for Dumas
      In st.petersburg voting went from 21,000 to 7000
    • 1936 constitution under Stalin
      this altered the electoral system to make it seem democratic but the elitist Politburo and stalin ruled by dictatorship
    • 1961 is officials were in power too long they were removed
      non party members were allowed to attend party congress
      local soviets were given more power
    • Provisional government
      only democratic system in Russia
      lasted 7 months
      ruled by 8 key principles
      had dual authority with petrograd soviets
      petrograd soviets had authority over the army
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