CONSITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT

What performance did Stolypin see when he was killed?

the tale of Tsar saltan

why was the performance occurring?

centenary of the emancipation of the serfs

what was Dmitri Bogrov?

agent of the secret police

what did Bogrov tell the gyards at the performance?

That there was a plan to assassinate stolypin

What did Bogrov kill Stolypin with?

a revolver

Wherw was Stolypin shot?

hand and chest

Where was Stolypin sat?

in the stalls

When was Stolypin shot?

the second interval

What did STolypin refuse to wear?

a bulletproof vest

What did Stolypin say after being shot?

He was proud to die for the Tsar and made the sign of the cross

How long did it take for Stolypin to die?

four days

When did Stolypin die?

18th September 1911

What happened to Bogrov?

he was hanged

When was Bogrov executed?

24th September 1911

Who is rumoured to be involved with the death of Stolypin?

the police

What did the Tsar do to the investigation into Stolypin’s murder?

stopped it for unknown reasons

What happened to the electoral rules for the third duma?

changed so only richard 30 percent could vote

what did the third and fourth dumas introduce?

health and accident insurance schemes and replaced land captains with justices of peace, proposed primary education

What did the second duma have less of?

kadets

Why was the second duma dissolved?

it criticised the army, lasted three months

What were elections like for the first duma?

held on broad franchise and demanded greater reforms

what was agricultural production like in 1906 vs 1913?

45.9 million tonnes vs 7 million tonnes

when was the lena Goldfield massacre?

1912

How long did the first duma last, who was then banned?

72 days, kadets duma deputies

How many people were convicted by Stolypin’s courts in 1908/9?

16,500 of political crimes, 3600 sentenced to death, thousand to prison camps

How much was done to improve living conditions in the industry?

very little

when did a reform dissolve all communes?

June 1910

what was peasant land ownership like in 1905 vs 1915?

20 percent vs 50 percent

Where did Stolypin encourage peasants to move to, how?

Siberia, promise of cheap land and goverment loans

How many governemnt officials were killed in 1906/7?

1200

How many death sentences were handed out between October 1906 and May 1907

1144

What refroms did Stolypin realise were neede?

social and economic

When were redemption payments abolished?

New year’s day 1907

When was there an uprising in Moscow which was crushed by the army, how many dead?

December 1905, 1000

what happened in November 1906 to peasants?

freed from control of mir, peasant loan bank created

How many trade unions were closed between 1906-1912?

600

How many newspapers were repressed between 1906-1912?

1000 newspapers

What was shut down in November 1905?

All Russia Union of Peasants and arrests members

when did stolypin become PM?

1906

what happened to the constitutional experiment after the death of Stolypin?

groud to a halt

What were Nicholas new ministers like?

conservative and unimaginative

What happened to the power of the Prime Minister?

it declined

Who did relationships deteriote between?

Duma, ministers and conflicting departments

What kind of support did Nicholas rely on?

right wing

What did Nicholas think of the deomcratic government?

bad idea

Why did the dumas and the Tsars not get on?

Dumas were liberal, Tsar was right wing

When did Dominic Lieven claim that change would occur?

in a revolution