The State Duma The State Duma was a branch of Russian government that was founded to head peace negotiations as a consultative branch and was unsuccessful due to its aristocratic ties to the early fifteenth century. The original State Duma was demolished in the seventeen hundreds and was revived in 1906 after the crisis of 1905. It was a corrupt branch of government that was relatively ineffective on account of Tsar Nicholas II and his ability to veto any legislation passed up by the Duma senate. The original State Duma was established in the fourteenth century and consisted of the patricians of Russia. The princes of Moscow would meet unofficially with landowners and the nobles on a regular basis. Soon these aristocratic meetings would be
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In this time period the Boyar expanded slightly due to its increase in members. They instituted a group referred to as “okol’nichii”, which were the junior boyars under the first Boyars. Princes from all over were moving to Moscow in order to take part in this assemblage, mostly untitled. Even though the prince of Moscow could chose anyone to participate in the political gatherings he would mostly chose from the upper class aristocrats. The patriarchs of the family were opted to be picked for a seat in the Duma, but they weren’t always. The lineage of the families was extremely important to The State and they kept a family tree of each aristocratic family in order to keep the Duma pure. In the past if their father or brother had served a higher ranking than their heir could not serve a position lower than their predecessor. This led to the first major problem in the Duma. Many tsars had to eject this rule during their reign in order to maintain …show more content…
The Duma itself was ineffective as a whole due to the aristocratic ties that date back to the thirteenth century. If they had elected competent and capable representatives instead of allowing the Duma to be run by the upper class they might have dismissed the tsar earlier and the Russian lower and middle class wouldn’t have been oppressed for as long. The tsar and prime minister stood in the way of elections and had molded them to fit their beliefs, which put a halt on the advancement of their society. Though the duma produced laws that bettered the situation of the people it never fully rectified the tsar’s
In this time period the Boyar expanded slightly due to its increase in members. They instituted a group referred to as “okol’nichii”, which were the junior boyars under the first Boyars. Princes from all over were moving to Moscow in order to take part in this assemblage, mostly untitled. Even though the prince of Moscow could chose anyone to participate in the political gatherings he would mostly chose from the upper class aristocrats. The patriarchs of the family were opted to be picked for a seat in the Duma, but they weren’t always. The lineage of the families was extremely important to The State and they kept a family tree of each aristocratic family in order to keep the Duma pure. In the past if their father or brother had served a higher ranking than their heir could not serve a position lower than their predecessor. This led to the first major problem in the Duma. Many tsars had to eject this rule during their reign in order to maintain …show more content…
The Duma itself was ineffective as a whole due to the aristocratic ties that date back to the thirteenth century. If they had elected competent and capable representatives instead of allowing the Duma to be run by the upper class they might have dismissed the tsar earlier and the Russian lower and middle class wouldn’t have been oppressed for as long. The tsar and prime minister stood in the way of elections and had molded them to fit their beliefs, which put a halt on the advancement of their society. Though the duma produced laws that bettered the situation of the people it never fully rectified the tsar’s