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The '''Constitutional Democratic Party''', also known as the '''Kadets''', was a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] political party in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]]. In 1909, it praised the tsarist government for crushing the [[Russian revolution of 1905|revolution of 1905]].<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|chapter=The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Stolypin Reaction. The Bolsheviks Constitute Themselves an Independent Marxist Party|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch04.htm|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/index.htm}}</ref>
{{Infobox political party|name=Constitutional Democratic Party|founded=12 October 1905|leader1_title=President|leader1_name=[[Pavel Milyukov]]|dissolved=11 December 1917|political_orientation=[[Liberalism]]<br>[[Reformism]]<br>Constitutional [[monarchism]]}}
 
The '''Constitutional Democratic Party''', also known as the '''Kadets''', was a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] political party in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]]. In 1909, it praised the tsarist government for crushing the [[Russian revolution of 1905|revolution of 1905]].<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|chapter=The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Stolypin Reaction. The Bolsheviks Constitute Themselves an Independent Marxist Party|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch04.htm|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/index.htm}}</ref> It opposed redistributing land to [[Peasantry|peasants]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Joseph Stalin]]|year=1939|title=History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)|chapter=The Bolshevik Party during the New Rise of the Working-Class Movement before the First Imperialist War|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch03.htm|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1939/x01/ch05.htm}}</ref>
 
== History ==
The Kadets lost many of their seats between the Second and Third Dumas because the [[Landlord|landlords]] switched their support to the [[Union of October 17|Octobrists]].<ref name=":02" />


== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:History of Russia]]
[[Category:History of Russia]]

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Constitutional Democratic Party

PresidentPavel Milyukov
Founded12 October 1905
Dissolved11 December 1917
Political orientationLiberalism
Reformism
Constitutional monarchism


The Constitutional Democratic Party, also known as the Kadets, was a bourgeois political party in the Russian Empire. In 1909, it praised the tsarist government for crushing the revolution of 1905.[1] It opposed redistributing land to peasants.[2]

History[edit | edit source]

The Kadets lost many of their seats between the Second and Third Dumas because the landlords switched their support to the Octobrists.[1]

References[edit | edit source]