... courts whereby people could be executed on the spot. This became known as Stolypins' noose. The freedom of speech noted in the October manifesto didn't exist. Political newspapers were banned and anything found to be against the Tsar was considered to be treason even political jokes. However some things did get better in Russia, between 1906 and 1914 there was an industrial boom in Russia thanks to the Dumas. They rose to become an economic superpower with the 4th largest steel, coal, oil and pig iron in the world. This led to jobs becoming available to the peasants. The Stolypin and Kokovtsov Governments In 1907 Stolypin instituted a series of major reforms. In June 1907, he dissolved the Second Dumas and promulgated a new electoral law, which vastly reduced the electoral weight of lower-class and non-Russian voters and increased the weight of the nobility. This political coup had the desired short-term result ...

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