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State Duma of the Russian Empire
- State Duma (Russian Empire)On the 6th of August 1905, Sergei Witte issued a manifesto about convoking a new legislative body. This document emerged from intense pressure following the…
- Russian Constitution of 1906The Russian Empire operated as an absolute monarchy before the year 1906. An autocratic emperor held virtually limitless power under the laws codified in…