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1905 Russian Revolution

State Duma

Saturday Feb 18, 1905
Russian Empire

Tsar Nicholas II agreed on 18 February [O.S. 5 February] to the creation of a State Duma of the Russian Empire but with consultative powers only. When its slight powers and limits on the electorate were revealed, unrest redoubled.


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