The
Journal of Byelorussian Studies
Vol. II, No.
3
THE STRUGGLE FOR BYELORUSSIA'S AUTONOMY IN THE FIRST
STATE DUMA (1906)
by Jan Zaprudnik
...elections
to the first Duma (February-March 1906) were
held in an atmosphere of mixed hopes, confusion and
nationalistic tension...The Byelorussian Socialist Hramada,
the only possible organiser of the Byelorussian
national element boycotted the election together
with other leftist socialist parties...
...Officially,
there were twelve Byelorussians in the first
Duma...
...Polish
deputies from Litwa and Rus did not join the Polish
Circle, but, together with the Byelorussians and
Lithuanians, joined the autonomists' faction...
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