Changes between 1906-14

Politics

After the grant of the October Manifesto (creating a Duma), the Tsar immediately issued the Fundamental Laws
The Fundamental Laws gave Tsar his power back. Granting himself the power to dissolve the Duma and appoint ministers allowed him to keep his control over law
The Tsar expelled the elected ministers he disagreed with, which caused the Duma to end up with representatives that agreed with the Tsar's decisions
The First two Dumas were dissolved before they did much
Therefore, the Tsar was able to regain his control over the law
The Fundamental Laws removed representation
However, the third and fourth Dumas brought important reforms such as increasing the number of primary schools to two times as much, and increasing spending on health services

Agriculture

Stolypin aimed to fix the problem of not enough food being produced
Peasants relied on old methods on farming, which caused them to only grow enough food for themselves and little extra food for the rest of the people
They depended on mirs, local communities that restricted peasants from buying new technology and decided what they grew
A peasants land bank was made and more land was made available for peasants to buy
Loans to buy land were provided to the peasants, encouraging them to farm privately
Stolypin created a richer class of peasants called "kulaks" that left the mir and built their own farms

Repression

The Tsar compromised with the majority that were content with the October Manifesto
The minorities that were not satisfied were brutally oppressed
20,000 people were exiled from Russia
1,000 people were hung by a noose which was known as "Stolypin's necktie"
The Okhrana (Russian secret police) became more involved, imprisoning and monitoring people that were suspected to oppose the government