State Duma (Russian Empire) denying responsible government at the executive level. Furthermore, the Tsar had the power to dismiss the Duma and announce new elections whenever he wished; article 87 allowed him to pass temporary (emergency) laws by decrees. All these powers and prerogatives assured that, in practice, the Government of Russia continued to be a non-official absolute monarchy. It was in this context that the first Duma opened four days later, on April 27, 1906. The first Duma opened on 27 April 1906 after the 1905 revolution and was established by Nicholas II in his October Manifesto, with around 500 deputies; most radical
Zolu Duma Zolu Duma Zolu Duma (aka King Peter) was an Gola ruler of the land which now contains Monrovia, Liberia. At a young age Zolu Duma was placed with Wuling, of the Bassa people who had gained importance as a merchant trading with the Europeans. In 1822 Zolu Duma met with representatives of the American Colonization Society, including United States naval officer Robert F. Stockton, who wished to purchase land on which to settle African American emigrants from the United States. Accounts of the meeting stated that Stockton forced Zolu Duma to cede the land at gunpoint: Drawing another pistol and