Union of October 17
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Union of 17 October Союз 17 Октября | |
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President | Alexander Guchkov |
Founded | 1905 |
Dissolved | 1917 |
Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, Russia, Russian Empire |
Ideology | Reformism Liberal conservatism Constitutional monarchism |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
Colours | Blue and white |
The Union of 17 October (
History
The party's programme of moderate
Unlike their immediate neighbors to the
The Octobrists and groups allied with them did poorly in the 1906 elections of the First and Second State Dumas. However, after the dissolution of the Second State Duma on June 3, 1907 (Old Style), the election law was changed in favour of propertied classes and the party formed the largest faction in the Third State Duma (1907–1912). The apparent failure of the party to take advantage of this majority and inability to influence the politics of the government led to a split within the party in 1913 and poor showing in the 1912 Duma election, resulting in a smaller faction in the Fourth State Duma (1912–1917).
In December 1913, after a November conference in St. Petersburg, the Octobrist party split into three factions, effectively new parties: the left Octobrists (16 deputies, including I. V. Godnev, S. I. Shidlovskii, and Khomiakov), the zemstvo Octobrists (57 deputies, including Rodzianko, N. I. Antonov, and A. D. Protopopov), and the right Octobrists (13 deputies, including N. P. Shubinskii and G. V. Skoropadskii).[1]
With the outbreak of
Some members of the party, such as
In other parts of the Russian Empire
In the
See also
- Liberalism in Russia
- Russian Revolution of 1905
- Duma
- Mikhail Rodzianko
- List of political movements named after dates
Notes
- ^ The Octobrist party was constantly under pressure from its Western regional organizations to take a more nationalist line, which affected its position on the issue.
- ^ Originally, Nicholas II abdicated on his own behalf and on behalf of his 12-year-old son Alexei. His more liberal brother Mikhail was next in line to succeed him. Mikhail refused to serve until and unless he was asked by the Constituent Assembly, which left the position of the head of state open. The Provisional Government eventually declared Russia a republic on September 1, 1917, two months before the Constituent Assembly elections in November. The question became moot with the Bolshevik seizure of power on October 25–26, 1917 and their suppression of the Constituent Assembly on January 6, 1918.
References
External links
- V. I. Lenin: A Disorderly Revolution