The appearance of political PR technologies on the example of electoral campaign to the first State Duma of the Russian Empire in 1906

Abstract

The article examines the specifics of appearance of political PR technologies in pre-Revolutionary Russia on the example of electoral campaign to the first State Duma of the Russian Empire in 1906. As the main determining PR documents a range of essential legislative acts was studied. These acts determine the rules of political struggle, relations between the power and people as well as reasons which made authority to declare given bills.