Early 20th century was marked by the Russian Empire for rapid socio-political movement of the masses, the intelligentsia, even the magnates were dissatisfied with the current political and economic situation, as revealed in the course of the revolution of 1905-1907.One of its most important conquests can be called political pluralism.And one of its manifestations was the Octobrist Party.
Background Education Octobrist Party
Even in the period after the liberal reforms of the nineteenth century in Russia began to appear movements and political circles of the liberal nature, all of them were very diverse in nature and were not systemic.Active development of capitalist relations since 1861 has led to a powerful industrial revolution.All the more important it becomes a new class of owners, factory owners.In the course of bourgeois revolutions and reforms to the government in almost all European countries, the bourgeoisie came.There have been significant changes in the political system;universal suffrage, an independent judiciary, different ways of political action, which is not about Russia.In fact, the bourgeoisie has been prevented in any way to influence the political decisions, which of course does not suit Russian industrialists.
Formation Octobrist Party
among Russian liberals, as noted above, there was no unity between them and gradually begins disengagement, which has escalated and ended as a result of the revolutionary events of the last century.October 17, 1905 the Emperor signed a manifesto to change the political foundations of the Russian Empire.So there was the Octobrist Party.It basically consisted of big businessmen, merchants, landlords, immediately supported the king's manifesto and thought that the revolution achieved its goals.Octo Party sided with the government camp and no longer supports revolutionary slogans.Octo Party leader AI Guchkov came from a family of peasants in the late 19th century engaged in financial activities, and soon his success allowed him to take the post of chairman of the Merchant Bank of Moscow.His position in the reform of the Russian political reality was quite moderate and amounted to evolutionary change of social system.
Program Party Union of October 17
Octo Party has put forward its own program of transformation of Russia.Its main provisions are:
- preserve the unity and indivisibility of Russia in the form of a constitutional monarchy.
- equal suffrage.
- guarantees civil rights.Create
- state land fund to assist smallholder farmers.
- independent and fair trial.
- development of the national education system, transportation system.
Russian middle class and the party Octobrists did not get along with each other at all, evidenced by the emergence of commercial and industrial party, which in itself has concentrated the bulk of the middle strata of Russian society.Over the years, the incorrect tactical fight with opponents, and further slide in their views to the radically-minded monarchists did not allow her to take however some important positions.This political party (Octo) disappears from the political scene in 1917.
