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Union of 17 October Союз 17 Октября | |
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President | Alexander Guchkov (since 1907) |
Founders | Dmitry Shipov Pavel Korff Alexander Guchkov Mikhail Stakhovich |
Founded | Late October 1905 (de facto formation)[1] 8–12 February 1906 (first congress)[1] |
Dissolved | After 16 March 1917[1] |
Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Newspaper | Word Voice of Moscow |
Ideology | Reformism Liberal conservatism Constitutional monarchism Pro-Stolypin reform[1] |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
National affiliation | Progressive Bloc (1915–1917) |
Colours | Blue and white |
State Duma (1906) | 13 / 497 |
State Duma (Jan 1907) | 35 / 518 |
State Duma (Oct 1907) | 154 / 441 |
State Duma (1912) | 98 / 442 |
The Union of 17 October (Russian: Союз 17 Октября, Soyuz 17 Oktyabrya), commonly known as the Octobrist Party (Russian: Октябристы, Oktyabristy), was a liberal-reformist constitutional monarchist political party in late Imperial Russia. It represented moderately right-wing, anti-revolutionary, and constitutionalist views.