First State Duma of the Russian Empire

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The First State Duma of the Russian Empire was the inaugural elected lower house of the Russian parliament, convened in 1906 after the 1905 Revolution as a short-lived experiment in limited constitutional monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Duma ⓘ
First State Duma ⓘ
characterizedAs short-lived experiment in limited constitutional monarchy ⓘ
constitutionalStatus formally consultative and legislative but subject to Tsar’s veto ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolvedBy Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
dominantFaction Constitutional Democratic Party ⓘ
Kadets ⓘ
electoralSystem indirect, multi-stage elections ⓘ
endDate 21 July 1906 ⓘ
establishedUnder October Manifesto ⓘ
followedBy Second State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ
franchiseRestrictions excluded most women ⓘ
restricted peasant and worker representation ⓘ
governmentHeadDuringTerm Ivan Goremykin ⓘ
Sergei Witte ⓘ
headOfStateDuringTerm Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1905 ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Russian Empire ⓘ
inception 1906 ⓘ
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
legalBasis Fundamental Laws of the Russian Empire (1906) ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Russian Empire ⓘ
legislativeTermLength approximately 2.5 months ⓘ
locatedIn Russian Empire ⓘ
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
mainDemands agrarian reform ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ
responsible ministry ⓘ
meetsIn Tauride Palace ⓘ
notableEvent Vyborg Manifesto (after dissolution, by some deputies) ⓘ
numberOfMembers approximately 478 ⓘ
numberOfSessions 1 ⓘ
officeHeldByPresidingOfficer Chairman of the State Duma ⓘ
opposedBy Tsarist government ⓘ
conservative bureaucracy ⓘ
partOf State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: State Duma
precededBy no elected national legislature in the Russian Empire ⓘ
presidingOfficer Sergey Muromtsev NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForDissolution conflict with the Tsar and government over reforms ⓘ
role lower chamber of the Russian parliament ⓘ
significance first nationally elected representative assembly in Russian history ⓘ
startDate 27 April 1906 ⓘ
typeOfParliament bicameral parliament lower house ⓘ
upperHouse State Council of the Russian Empire ⓘ
votingRightsExcludedGroup active-duty soldiers ⓘ
most national minorities in practice ⓘ

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Party of People’s Freedom → participatedIn → First State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Trudoviks → activeIn → First State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ
First State Duma of the Russian Empire → alsoKnownAs → First State Duma ⓘ
linked to: First State Duma of the Russian Empire
First State Duma of the Russian Empire → alsoKnownAs → First Duma ⓘ
linked to: First State Duma of the Russian Empire
Second State Duma of the Russian Empire → precededBy → First State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Kadet Party → participatedIn → First State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ