systems

• 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