Dumas

    Cards (4)

    • 1st Duma
      SK1 = 1906 Fundamental Laws limit their power as Tsar is re-established as autocratic ruler
      SK2 = Closed after just 10 weeks
      CSK = Great peasant representation - 191 peasant deputies - ‘Duma of National Hopes’
    • 2nd Duma
      SK1 = Article 87 used to pass Stolypin’s land reforms when the Duma wasn’t in session even though the Dumas opposed them
      SK2 = Nicholas and Stolypin ordered its dissolution and Social Democrat deputies were immediately arrested and exiled despite supposed to have immunity
      CSK = Most representative Duma - included SRs, Mensheviks, and Bolsheviks
      CONSENSUS = As this Duma was so short (lasting only from February to June 1907) and their authority was so frequently undermined this representation was effectively meaningless as it had no reflection in gov policy
    • 3rd Duma
      SK1 = Rigged voting meant only gentry and upper classes were elected - ‘Duma of Lords and Lackeys’
      SK2 = Little actual democracy - only 1/6 of men had the right to vote
      CSK = Had an active role in government - passed 2,200 out of 2,500 gov bills
    • 4th Duma
      SK1 = Kokovstov the new Chief Minister after Stolypin’s assassination largely ignored the Duma even saying “Thank God we still have no parliament”
      SK2 = Left wing groups ignored Duma seeing them as irrelevant and instead resorted to strikes and direct action
      CSK = Provision of state welfare improved
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