The Dumas 1906-1914 Flashcards

1
Q

What was the Fundamental Laws 1906?

A

Legal form of the promises made in the October Manifesto

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2
Q

What was Article 4 of the FL?

A

Tsars continuing primacy

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3
Q

What was article 87 of the FL?

A

Tsar to proclaim new laws without Duma permission when it wasn’t in session

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4
Q

What was the imperial state council?

A

Half appointed by the Tsar, half by nobility, church and Zemstva

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5
Q

What was the 1st Duma known as?

A

Duma of National Hopes

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6
Q

What party held the majority in the 1st Duma?

A

the kadets

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7
Q

Why was the 1st Duma dissolved?

A

The government lost patience after it began debating land reform measures

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8
Q

How many members of the 1st Duma fled to Finland before it was dissolved and why?

A

200 members fled to avoid arrest

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9
Q

What did the members of the 1st Duma that fled to Finland release?

A

The Vyborg Manifesto

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10
Q

What was the Vyborg Manifesto?

A

Called for people to refuse paying tax until the Duma was restored

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11
Q

What happened to the signatories of the Vyborg Manifesto?

A

Arrested and banned from involving themselves in politics

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12
Q

What was the 2nd Duma known as?

A

Duma of public anger

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13
Q

When was the 2nd Duma created?

A

Feb 1907

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14
Q

What parties boycotted the voting of the 1st Duma?

A

SRs

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15
Q

What party held majority in the 2nd Duma?

A

Trudoviks

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16
Q

Why was the 2nd Duma dissolved and when?

A

Dissolved mid 1907 after it refused to support Stolypins land reforms

17
Q

How did Stolypin dissolve the 2nd Duma?

A

claimed that Bolshevik members were involved in treasonable activity

18
Q

What did Stolypin do after the dissolution of the 2nd Duma?

A

Scrapped the 1905 electoral laws

19
Q

What did Stolypin replace the electoral laws with?

A

System where the nobility elected more than half of the Duma, peasantry elected one fifth

20
Q

What was the 3rd Duma known as?

A

Duma of the Lords and the Lackeys

21
Q

When was the 3rd Duma created?

A

Nov 1907

22
Q

What did the 3rd Duma want?

A

National insurance, democratic processes to be removed

23
Q

Was the 3rd Duma successful?

A

Achieved successful social reforms, only Duma to survive its full sentence

24
Q

When was the 4th Duma created?

A

Nov 1912

25
Q

What did the 4th Duma do?

A

Continue the work of the 3rd Duma

26
Q

Why did the 4th Duma dissolve itself?

A

To help with the war effort in Aug 1914

27
Q

Was the Tsar in a strong position in 1914?

A

Autocracy had been established, defence, foreign affairs and public order policy all belonged to the Tsar, FL used to bypass Duma