Fyodor Alexandrovich Golovin
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Fyodor Alexandrovich Golovin (1867 – 1937) was a Russian politician. He was among the founders of the Constitutional Democratic Party
(the "Kadets") and was chairman of the short-lived second convocation of the Imperial Russian Duma, which was in session from February 1907 to June 1907.
Golovin was born into a noble family on December 21, 1867. In 1891 he began studying law at Moscow University. Following his law studies, he began political activities. In 1899 he became a member of the group "Conversation"; in 1903 of the Union of Liberation
; in 1904 of the Union of Zemstvo
-Constitutionalists; and in the autumn of 1905 was one of the organizers of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
Golovin was an energetic participant in party activities, a district leader, and member of the party's central committee. On February 20, 1907, at the first meeting of the Second Duma, he was elected chairman of the Duma by a vote of 356 of 518 members. In the course of its short existence, this Duma tried unsuccessfully to reach agreement of among its various political factions, and in the following Third Duma Golovin was an ordinary member, serving on the Agricultural Committee.
After the February Revolution of 1917, Golovin became Commissioner of all the institutions of the former Ministry of the Imperial Court. After the October Revolution
, he served in positions of the new Soviet government. On the decision of the NKVD troika
of the Moscow region, Golovin was convicted of the charge of belonging to an anti-Soviet organization, and was shot in Moscow on November 21, 1937, at the age of seventy. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1989.
Constitutional Democratic party
The Constitutional Democratic Party was a liberal political party in the Russian Empire. Party members were called Kadets, from the abbreviation K-D of the party name...
(the "Kadets") and was chairman of the short-lived second convocation of the Imperial Russian Duma, which was in session from February 1907 to June 1907.
Golovin was born into a noble family on December 21, 1867. In 1891 he began studying law at Moscow University. Following his law studies, he began political activities. In 1899 he became a member of the group "Conversation"; in 1903 of the Union of Liberation
Union of Liberation
The Union of Liberation was a liberal political group founded in St. Petersburg, Russia in January 1904. Its goal was originally the replacement of the absolutism of the Tsar with a constitutional monarchy...
; in 1904 of the Union of Zemstvo
Zemstvo
Zemstvo was a form of local government that was instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. The idea of the zemstvo was elaborated by Nikolay Milyutin, and the first zemstvo laws were put into effect in 1864...
-Constitutionalists; and in the autumn of 1905 was one of the organizers of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
Golovin was an energetic participant in party activities, a district leader, and member of the party's central committee. On February 20, 1907, at the first meeting of the Second Duma, he was elected chairman of the Duma by a vote of 356 of 518 members. In the course of its short existence, this Duma tried unsuccessfully to reach agreement of among its various political factions, and in the following Third Duma Golovin was an ordinary member, serving on the Agricultural Committee.
After the February Revolution of 1917, Golovin became Commissioner of all the institutions of the former Ministry of the Imperial Court. After the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
, he served in positions of the new Soviet government. On the decision of the NKVD troika
NKVD troika
NKVD troika or Troika, in Soviet Union history, were commissions of three persons who convicted people without trial. These commissions were employed as an instrument of extrajudicial punishment introduced to circumvent the legal system with a means for quick execution or imprisonment...
of the Moscow region, Golovin was convicted of the charge of belonging to an anti-Soviet organization, and was shot in Moscow on November 21, 1937, at the age of seventy. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1989.