Russian Constitution of 1906

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The Russian Constitution of 1906 was the fundamental law that transformed the Russian Empire into a constitutional monarchy by establishing the State Duma and formally limiting the autocratic powers of the tsar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) ⓘ
Fundamental State Laws of the Russian Empire ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1906 ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dateAdopted 1906-04-23 ⓘ
definedBody Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire ⓘ
State Council of the Russian Empire ⓘ
State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: State Duma
definedRoleOf Orthodox Church as dominant faith ⓘ
effectiveUntil 1917 ⓘ
establishedInstitution State Council of the Russian Empire (as upper chamber) ⓘ
State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: State Duma
favoredSuffrageFor nobility ⓘ
property owners ⓘ
formOfGovernmentEstablished constitutional monarchy ⓘ
guaranteedRight freedom of assembly (formally, with limitations) ⓘ
freedom of association (formally, with limitations) ⓘ
freedom of religion (formally, with primacy of Orthodoxy) ⓘ
freedom of speech (formally, with limitations) ⓘ
inviolability of domicile (formally) ⓘ
inviolability of the person (formally) ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of All the Russias ⓘ
historicalSignificance first formal constitution of the Russian Empire ⓘ
marked transition from pure autocracy to limited constitutional monarchy ⓘ
inspiredByEvent Russian Revolution of 1905 ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
legalStatus fundamental law of the Russian Empire ⓘ
limitedPowerOf Russian autocracy ⓘ
tsar ⓘ
limitedSuffrageFor peasants ⓘ
workers ⓘ
predecessor Autocratic system of the Russian Empire ⓘ
promulgatedBy Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
providedFor bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative participation of elected representatives ⓘ
relatedDocument October Manifesto ⓘ
requiredForLaws approval by State Council ⓘ
approval by State Duma ⓘ
retainedPowerForTsar control over foreign policy ⓘ
right to dissolve the Duma ⓘ
right to issue decrees when Duma not in session ⓘ
supreme command of the armed forces ⓘ
supersededBy legal acts of the Russian Provisional Government (1917) ⓘ
territorialExtent entire Russian Empire ⓘ
typeOfElectoralSystem indirect, unequal suffrage for the Duma ⓘ

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October Manifesto → followedBy → Russian Constitution of 1906 ⓘ
Manifesto on the Improvement of the State Order → followedBy → Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) ⓘ
linked to: Russian Constitution of 1906
Russian Constitution of 1906 → alsoKnownAs → Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) ⓘ
linked to: Russian Constitution of 1906
Council of State of the Russian Empire → describedBySource → Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) ⓘ
linked to: Russian Constitution of 1906
First State Duma of the Russian Empire → legalBasis → Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) ⓘ
linked to: Russian Constitution of 1906
Second State Duma of the Russian Empire → legalBasis → Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) ⓘ
linked to: Russian Constitution of 1906