Back Wyborger Manifest German Μανιφέστο του Βίμποργκ Greek Viipurin manifesti Finnish ヴィボルグ・アピール Japanese Выборг үндеуі Kazakh 비푸리 선언 Korean Выборгское воззвание Russian Viborgsmanifestet Swedish Виборзька відозва Ukrainian
The Vyborg Manifesto (Russian: Выборгское воззвание, romanized: Vyborgskoye Vozzvaniye, Finnish: Viipurin manifesti, Swedish: Viborgsmanifestet); also called the Vyborg Appeal) was a proclamation signed by several Russian politicians, primarily Kadets and Trudoviks) of the dissolved First Duma on 22 July [O.S. 9 July] 1906.
In the wake of the 1905 Revolution, Russia's first modern parliament, the State Duma, was convoked. It rapidly became a voice of radicalism and liberalism, and was subsequently dissolved by the Tsarist government 72 days after convocation. Outraged, several of the members of the first Duma travelled to Vyborg in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, where they signed a 'manifesto' calling for 'passive resistance' which included evading taxes and defying conscription orders.
The manifesto was met with 'universal indifference', which allowed the Tsarist authorities to silence the manifesto's contributors, and they were all banned from participating in future Dumas. The result was that the Kadet party turned towards conservatism and no longer consciously identifying themselves as a party for 'the people'.