Historical Organization
State Duma
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Organization Timeline
The Bulygin Duma plan is published
📅 19 August 1905The government announced an indirectly elected consultative Duma with a restricted franchise. Revolutionary organizations and many liberals rejected the proposal as inadequate. The source date is 6...
The October Manifesto is issued
📅 30 October 1905Nicholas II promised civil liberties and a legislative Duma after the general strike paralysed the empire. Liberals welcomed the concessions, but many workers and socialists continued to demand deeper...
Rodzianko warns Nicholas II of approaching upheaval
📅 23 February 1917Duma chairman Mikhail Rodzianko told the tsar that serious political concessions were needed to prevent national upheaval. Nicholas II rejected the warning. The source date is 2/10/1917 Old Style.
Bolsheviks call a Petrograd anti-war strike
📅 23 February 1917Bolshevik organizers called workers out in protest against the imprisonment of socialist Duma deputies who had opposed the First World War. The source date is 2/10/1917 Old Style.
Ninety thousand Petrograd workers strike
📅 27 February 1917Workers from dozens of factories struck while the State Duma opened a new session. Police attempts to disperse demonstrators met resistance. The source date is 2/14/1917 Old Style.
Duma leaders create a Provisional Committee
📅 12 March 1917Members of the State Duma formed a committee to restore governmental authority as imperial institutions collapsed. The source date is 2/27/1917 Old Style.