The Formation of Political Parities and the First National Elections in Russia

The Formation Of Political Parties. The Constitutional-democratic Party And L'ouverture A Gauche ; The Union Of October 17 And Its Allies : Raznosherstnaia Kompaniia -- The Parties, The State, And The Election Campaign. The Kadet Bloc ; The Octobrist Bloc --- The First National Elections. Phase I : The Preliminary Elections And Special City Elections ; Phase Ii : The Provincial Elections ; Results And Prospects. Terence Emmons. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Frontmatter Introduction (page 1) Part I. The Formation of Political Parties 1. The Constitutional-Democratic Party and "L'ouverture à Gauche" (page 21) 2. The Union of October 17 and Its Allies: Raznosherstnaia Kompaniia (page 89) Part II. The Parties, the State, and the Election Campaign 3. The Kadet Bloc (page 145) 4. The Octoberist Bloc (page 206) Part III. The First National Elections 5. Phase I: The Preliminary Elections and Special City Elections (page 237) 6. Phase II: The Provincial Elections (page 294) 7. Results and Prospects (page 353) Abbreviations (page 382) Appendix. Party Alignments of Zemstvo Activists, 1905-1906 (page 383) A Note on Literature and Sources (page 398) Notes (page 402) Index (page 509) This is the most comprehensive analysis of the first national elections in Russia ever written. Emmons lucidly assesses all forces that favored parliamentary government, not just the much-studied Kadets and Octobrists.