The Romanovs: Establishments of the Duma State, Establishment of Civil Liberty

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Romanovs
Introduction
The Romanov Regime in Russia lasted for approximately 300 years between 1613 and 1917. The leadership of this regime was hereditary within the Romanov family. Just like any other regime in any country today, the Romanov regime also had its ups and downs over its 300 years at the helm of Russia. It is believed that the foundation of Russian success, especially in its army, was laid by the early administrations of the Romanov regime such as Peter the Great among other notable leaders. Besides boasting about establishing the strong Russian military, the regime also did influence the modern day history in various ways. Most of the impacts that Romanov Regime made in the modern day history primarily occurred during the regime's last administration that was led by Tsar Nicholas II. They included issues such as the establishment of freedom of speech, freedom of worship and Civil right liberties among many others and were issued in different manifestos. The manifestos that were issued during Tsar Nicholas II regime advocated for what is known in the modern day history as democracy. The manifestos majorly agitated against the autocratic leadership that was widely being practiced by the Romanov Leaders. This paper shall, therefore, highlight in detail the significance of Romanov’s last regime to the modern day history of Russia.
Establishments of the Duma State
Duma state was some form of council that was founded in 1905 in Russia and helped a lot in bringing down the autocratic leadership that was being practiced by the Romanov Regime (Fleming, p 102). This establishment had a greater importance and significance to the people of Russia since it played a major role in legislation processes. This was because, before its inception, Romanov leaders were not guided by any form of constitution and were at liberty to create their laws and impose them on people without being questioned. However, this was not the case after the establishment of the Duma State where no laws could be passed without Duma’s approval. This way, Duma State seemed to have created a channel that aided in limiting the powers awarded to the then Romanov leader Tsar Nicholas II (Steagall, p102)
It can, therefore, be argued that establishment of Duma State played a major role in the shaping of various governments structures in present-day Russia. For instance, modern day parliament in Russia seems to be more or less the same as the Duma State considering the duties that it conducts. Today, the responsibility of parliamentarians is to legislate, make and amend laws governing the country. Also, Parliament plays a major role in ensuring that the president is not just solely establishing the rules governing Russia, as was the case in the earlier Romanov Regimes. With this in place, it can, therefore, be argued that establishment of Duma state within the Romanov last regime did play a major role in influencing the creation of the Russian parliament, which has to approve all the laws of the country before they are put into practice.
Establishment of Civil Liberty
From the observations on how leadership transition was being done from one regime to the other within Romanov administrations, it is clear that individuals who were not directly related to the royal families could hardly assume the leadership positions in Russia. This was because leadership succession was solely conducted through inheritance from one member of the family to the other, as it was the case with Tsar Mikhail to Aleksey, who was later succeeded by his son Fydor as the succession sequence went on (Cross, p 25). This form of transition did exhibit some biases and even meant that the people of Russia were denied the opportunity to conduct democratic elections to ensure that they have a leader of choice. Fortunately, this is not the case in Russia today as the country has put in place structures of ensuring that leaders are not being imposed on people, but there is a due process that is being followed for one to assume the post thanks to the Civil Liberty foundation that was put in place during Tsar Nicholas II regime.
The Civil Liberty advocacy had great impacts on how politics is being run in Russia Today. For instance, through civil liberty Russia has been able to attain multiparty democracy, which has so far given birth to several political parties including the Eunited Russia (ER), The Communist Party of Russian Federation (CPRF) and Political Party (LDPR) among many others. The rise of multiparty democracy has also provided the people of Russia with an opportunity to compare and contrast on various political party policies before deciding on the one to vote in and task with the leadership role. It is, therefore, convincible to state that the existence of multiparty democracy that is now being enjoyed by the people of Russia today is one of the major significance of Romanov regime as it came as a result of the Civil Liberty, established in 1905 under the leadership of Tsar Nicholas II.
Besides influencing the existence of multiparty democracy in Russia, the establishment of civil liberty during the Romanovs period in 1905 also played a significant role in establishing the existence of national elections in the present day Russia. As discussed earlier, it is clear that during the previous regimes of the Romanov administration, there were no elections that were being conducted as the leaders were being imposed on the people without considering everyone’s view as a leader could assume power by being offspring of previous Tsar (Cross, p 19). However, this is not the case in modern day Russia, as one has to hold elections before being declared the president of the nation.
Establishment of the civil liberty on the other hand also played a bigger role in shaping modern history as it led to the introduction of presidential term limits. It is clear that during the Romanov regime, the issue of leader’s time in office was not considered as most of the leaders in the earlier Romanov administration stayed in power and only death could force them to relinquish their post (Cross, p 41). However, this is not the case as Russian presidents today are restricted to a maximum of two six-year term limits unless interpreted otherwise by various relevant entities within the government. It can, therefore, be argued that were it not for the civil liberty advocacy laid in 1905, the current Russian presidents could still be staying in office for as long as they wish as was in the case of the previous Romanov Regime. This is because the establishment of Russia’s presidential term limits was as a result of the Russian constitution, which was established as a result of Civil Liberty.
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