📅 28 January 1905
Nicholas II replaced Pyotr Sviatopolk-Mirsky with Alexander Bulygin as minister of the interior. Bulygin was later assigned to design a consultative assembly. The source date is 15 January Old Style.
📅 3 March 1905
Nicholas II instructed Alexander Bulygin to prepare proposals for an elected consultative body. The promised Duma would initially have no legislative power. The source date is 18 February Old Style.
📅 19 August 1905
The 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...
