1. The Duma
By Liam Edwards

2. This Duma was essentially a small parliament or legislative assembly given to the proletariat on 10th of May 1906, used to include them in governing Russia, and in hope that it would satisfy them. Although the government and the Tsar agreed that the Duma would be apart of the government the fundamental laws limited their power, even though it was a growing franchise all over Russia. Along with the Duma a higher and more wealthier council was formed the state council with ministers from the cabinet personally picked by the Tsar this was a main road block for the Dumas power. Mainly known as the “graveyard for the Dumas hopes”
What was the Duma?

3. From Bloody Sunday on the 9th of January 1905, When the revolution hit Russia on the 22nd of January 1905, outrage from the proletariat filled the country, the strikes and rebellion grew, Tsar Nicholas realised that he needed to do something to make the proletariat feel better in order to stop the revolution, this meaning the establishment of the October manifesto on 17th October 1905, which was essentially a constitutional monarchy replacing the autocratic rule in Russia. From the October manifesto, The Duma was formed, to work with the October manifesto to satisfy the proletariat.
Why was it created?

4. The Duma wasn’t just a single elected parliament it was a continuously elected one that had a duration of 5 years minimum although this was a set law some of the Dumas lasted less than 5 years.
If Tsar Nicholas II dislikes a certain Duma for what ever reason he has the power to dissolve it or shut it down from that date until the end of the 5 year duration period were a new Duma is elected the Tsar can do what ever he wants with it.
The Duma and elections?

5. The Duma and the State council?
Tension and disagreement grew within the government between the State council and the State Duma due to their social and economic difference as the State council has a high reputation amongst the public due to their high wealth and intellect advantages and The Duma are full of the proletariat so peasants and workers that have poor living conditions, educationally disadvantaged can’t read and write and from time to time disobey orders. This tension and disagreement leads to less cooperation and agreements on laws and ideas so neither of them would get anywhere.
The Duma and the State council?

6. Why the Duma ended up being a bad idea?
Despite the fact that the Duma was designed and initiated to calm down the proletariat and restore order in Russia it was turned up side down and was instead supporting more anger from the proletariat as the Duma essentially had no authority to change and make new laws had no control over budget and were continuously ignored by the government.
In fact the Duma was becoming very untrustworthy for the Tsar so he ordered the state police to go undercover as normal citizens to spy on the Duma to find out if their was any secret conspiracies forming or revolution ideas.
Both the State council and Duma have the power and authority to create new laws or enact on existing ones as long as they both agree with the law. If not (which happens a lot due to economic and social differences) then the proposal is rejected. This later on in the years to come was the reason why the ministers and emperors eliminated the Dumas power and rendered it as useless so on the 8th July 1906 the first Duma was dissolved.
Why the Duma ended up being a bad idea?

7. The Duma needed some type of higher authority for supervision as the Duma is made up of proletariat: peasants and workers. So on the 6 august 1905 Tsar Nicholas II made Witte one of his loyal and trusted ministers prime minister of the Duma this was a good opportunity for Witte but due to his opposite interests in politics he didn’t last long as PM instead he was replace with Goremkyn another, but yet better minister of Tsar Nicholas II.
After a few years Goremkyn was managing the Duma alright as Prime Minister but when the first Duma was formed on 10th of May 1906 it soon was dissolved on the 8th of July 1906 and Tsar Nicholas II fired Goremkyn as PM and got by far the Tsars best Minister that he had to be Prime minister. Poytr- Arkadev-ich Stolypin.
Poytr- Arkadev-ich Stolypin because Stolypins family history shows that his family served the Tsar since the 15 century Tsar Nicholas considered him a close and loyal friend and with this he made him Prime minister replacing Goremkyn this left all the other ministers that have been serving the Tsar full of jealousy and envy for how he got extreme power so quickly. Besides all the rest Stolypin was a very cunning and smart man he was a provisional governor and civil servant the best their was this man had some serious guts when he walked into a small province that was threatening to revolt he entered with a man pointing a gun at him he opened his jacket and said shoot me the man backed off. Russia was economically, socially and politically in chaos, Stolypin believed that Russia needed to make new reforms to restore order.
Who was in charge?