Note also that in any previous era that is what would have happened, and the most salient "cause" of European revolutions from 1789 to 1917 was the refusal to suppress them.
Nicolas II expanded voting rights to the Duma, gave it more power, ended serfdom, and allowed free political parties.
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Good for him. Not so good for the French monarchy.
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Good for Nicolas: as
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George V could have done something!
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