Lessons from Russia's parliamentary
early twentieth century
Study of Russia's historical and political
experience beginning of XX century. Promotes better understanding of the social
realities of the Belarusian society, allows a clearer idea of the difficulties
and possibilities of our movement toward democracy and the rule of law.
In Russia the beginning of the century
there were signs of the crisis of the political regime, in which the
characteristics of profiling is a monopoly position of the charismatic leader -
the "autocrat". Any volume of the Complete Collection of Laws Russia
Empire "convinces us that a decision on even the small, private issue
needs to sanction the king. He personified the hypertrophied role of the state
as property relations and the mechanism of their implementation, and in all
other spheres of national life. To maintain this role, the ruling elite has
sought to "streamline" the political system, although the complexity
of the structure of society and its problems reclaim.
On the growth of opposition sentiment in
society at large-scale social conflicts authority responsible only palliative
measures in the sphere of political system. The stormy events of autumn 1905
forced Nicholas II to sign the Manifesto of October 17 "On improvement of
public order", which announces the introduction in Russia "unshakable
foundations of civil liberty. The State Duma was declared a "legislative
agency" to take part in which he promised to bring "to the extent
possible" those segments of the population who were excluded from the
elections in "Bulygin" Duma [1, c. 199].
Consistent implementation of the principles
proclaimed on October 17 could lead to the design of the constitutional order. However,
in late 1905 - early 1906 enacts a number of limiting civil liberties "temporary
rules". In April 1906, the text appears in the new edition of "Basic
state laws. Because of this "Code of Nicholas II" disappears
definition of power of the monarch as unlimited, but remains its symbol - obviously
ambiguous - as "autocratic". The most radical 86-I article "Code"
reads: "No new law can not follow without the approval of the State
Council and State Duma and absorb force without the approval of the emperor",
ie for the monarch has the final say, and not determined by the necessary
procedures advance the bill in case of disagreement with the Emperor. Next 87
article provided an opportunity in the event of termination or interruption of
the Duma and State Council to conduct debates in the Council of Ministers, with
subsequent confirmation by the king in the form of "His Majesty's orders,
take effect immediately. And the king retained the right to interrupt the
meeting of the Duma and the State Council. Emperor could not enforce the laws
in the form of individually approved by the "acts of top management" [2,
c.139]. In the exclusive jurisdiction of the autocrat were the foreign policy,
finances, army and navy, the appointment to senior posts in the government
bureaucracy. All other public institutions were of secondary nature. Nominally,
reminiscent of some West European counterparts, Russia's parliament (State Duma
- the lower "chamber plus the State Council - " upper "chamber) really
is not. Not institutionally integrated, functionally, these "house" opposed
to each other.
The State Council has remained the focus of
the higher bureaucracy. The election of half of its members (the other is still
imposed king) did not essentially changed - The State Council provided its full
control, and without the approval of the recommendation of the State Council of
the Duma are automatically blocked. In some cases, the State Council are right
of the emperor. The legislative powers of the Duma were limited to a special
law that regulated its activity ("Establishment of the State Duma"):
"The State Duma may initiate proceedings to repeal or modify existing and
of new laws, except for essential public laws." As already noted, outside
the jurisdiction of the Duma was originally submitted by foreign and military
affairs. In fact, the Duma is not controlled and the state budget. If he did
not claim it, the government received the money in the amount of last year's
estimates. Formation of the cabinet, the choice of his head, just as the course
of the Government, determined by the emperor. The government was responsible to
him, but not before the legislature. Real leverage over the Duma did not have
in this area. Over the period of the I and II, king of the Duma approved the
612 legislative acts, of which only 3 were discussed and approved by the State
Duma and the Council of State [3, c.266].
The representative character of the Duma
was offset by the electoral system. Elections I and II, the Duma passed on
estates and property curiae. For each of them identified their standards of
representation. In multi-stage elections did not take part, women, military,
students, many minorities. Dispersed the first I, then II, and the Duma, the
autocracy has committed 3 June 1907 constitutional coup, while changing the
electoral law - without consideration of its Duma. The new law tightened the
requirements of the property qualification, cut the peasant and working-class
representation, increased the prerogatives of landlords, sharply reduced the
quota for the national regions. This provided the reaction of III and IV of the
Duma, practically illegitimate in the eyes of much of the population.
Thus, the formal legislative and
independent Duma and State Council has actually performed the role of "zakonosoveschatelnyh"
institutions, and reflect their opinions only propertied of the population of
the empire. For all positions, they were dependent on the monarch and the
executive branch. At relatively short period (1905 - 1907 gg) Block of public
institutions of the empire had lost signs of systemic. It actually restored the
June Third coup, but not on the new (liberal democratic) basis, and the old - the
authoritarian.
Crisis facing the regime, did not become an
incentive to develop thoughtful course of reform and consolidation around the
ruling camp. The position of the monarch, dovlevshego all their authority, has
not been consistent. Support Nicholas II's reform efforts Witte and Stolypin
wore a conditional, limited, autocrat obviously did not realize the need of
their proposed reforms. The ruling elite, forced by circumstances to allow the
opposition to participate in political life continued to arrogantly ignore it,
provoking the process of radicalization of society. Activity even liberals have
become more pronounced anti-systemic nature. Already in February 1911 Octobrist
Maklakov stated: "The idea of the center, the idea of sharing the renewal
of Russia by the Government and the Duma was killed..." [4, c.57]. Bulgakov
painfully wrote: "In essence, the agony of autocracy continued reign of
Nicholas II, which was all solid, continuous suicide autocracy... through all
the innumerable zigzags its policies and the latest insanity of war " [5,
c.296].
Manifesto of October 17 and the electoral
law were the result of not consciously chosen strategy, as a consequence of
extraordinary circumstances. Instead of accepting the new conditions of the
political game, the ruling elite has consistently sought to restore the status
quo, their monopoly on decision-making. The result was the intensification of
contradictions, the growth of confrontation, loss of power of legitimacy in the
eyes of society, in the end - the forcible removal from the political arena - the
collapse in 1917
In the mass of the ruling elite has not
grown to awareness of the need of large-scale reforms in all major areas of
society. Vlastpriderzhaschie did not understand the need for a holistic policy
that implements the reform programs on the basis of civil concord, assignments
of the new socio-political forces.
"Huge, transformed into a
self-sufficient force, the Russian state was afraid of initiative and activity
of the Russian people, it will cease to be human burden of responsibility for
the fate of Russia... The state must become an internal force of the people,
his own positive power of his instrument, rather than outside of them
beginning, not the master of his " [6, c.66].
Thus, the formal legislative and
independent Duma and State Council has actually performed the role of "zakonosoveschatelnyh"
institutions, and reflect their opinions only propertied of the population of
the empire. For all positions, they were dependent on the monarch and the
executive branch. At relatively short period (1905 - 1907 gg) Block of public
institutions of the empire had lost signs of systemic. It actually restored the
June Third coup, but not on the new (liberal democratic) basis, and the old - the
authoritarian.
Crisis facing the regime, did not become an
incentive to develop thoughtful course of reform and consolidation around the
ruling camp. The position of the monarch, dovlevshego all their authority, has
not been consistent. Support Nicholas II's reform efforts Witte and Stolypin
wore a conditional, limited, autocrat obviously did not realize the need of
their proposed reforms. The ruling elite, forced by circumstances to allow the
opposition to participate in political life continued to arrogantly ignore it,
provoking the process of radicalization of society. Activity even liberals have
become more pronounced anti-systemic nature. Already in February 1911 Octobrist
Maklakov stated: "The idea of the center, the idea of sharing the renewal
of Russia by the Government and the Duma was killed..." [4, c.57]. Bulgakov
painfully wrote: "In essence, the agony of autocracy continued reign of
Nicholas II, which was all solid, continuous suicide autocracy... through all
the innumerable zigzags its policies and the latest insanity of war " [5,
c.296].
Literature
1. The historical
experience of the three Russian revolutions. V 3 kn. Kn.1. Dress rehearsal of
the Great October Revolution: first bourgeois-democratic revolution in Russia /
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authoritarianism to democracy / AK Sorokin / Polis. - 1993. - № 1.
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