Protopopo and the Duma

Alexandra's aggressive cultivation of protopopo was also a calculated of a larger plan. Alexandra wrote that his elevation would dampen the hostility of the duma and help them navigate the budget to speedy approval. The progressive block of the doma delegates themselves red for this coming session, which was set to begin on november first. They were all in petrograd and well aware of the major crisis brewing in the streets and in the bread lines. But they didn't know how hard they should push. Even milyakof concluded it was a risk, but probably a necessary risk.