Prior to Alexander II was Nicholas II who unfortunately did not have a liking from citizens when he introduced his political policies. Nicholas’s creation of the Dumas proved highly unsuccessful as they opposed Nicholas’s ideas of an autocratic rule. After the pressure from the revolution 1905 Nicholas and Sergei Witte issued a manifesto about the creations of a Duma. On April 1906 Tsar Nicholas issued Fundamental Laws which made him ‘supreme autocrat’, this way no law could be made without the Dumas assent but the Duma could also not pass laws without the approval of the State-Council. The first Duma was very poor as it was largely made up of centrists and liberalists, as left-wing groups refused to join. It was very hostile to the government