On the issue of F.F. Kokoshkin’s participation in the Vyborg Manifesto on July 10, 1906

One of the most controversial events in the history of Russian parliamentarism is analyzed. The motives for the Vyborg Manifesto are clarified. The stages preceding the signing and publication of the text of the document are studied. The aim is to clarify the role and significance of participation in the Vyborg Manifesto by F.F. Kokoshkin, who was one of the significant public and political figures of that time. The consequences of this event are noted, affecting both the jurist himself and those that influenced the history of the development of domestic constitutionalism. The following research methods are used: historical-legal, formal-legal and comparative-legal approaches of scientific cognition. As a result of the conducted research, the main reasons that served as the basis for the appeal of a group of former deputies to the people are identified. It is noted that the demands were of a radical nature and included calls for a boycott of the government in the form of refusal to pay taxes, replenishment of the army and recognition of loans. The process of creating the text itself took place in multi-stages, starting with the drafting of the appeal in St. Petersburg and ending with a full-fledged discussion in Vyborg. The result of the appeal did not justify itself, there was no popular unrest. F.F. Kokoshkin played a significant role in drafting the text of the appeal to the people and subsequently repeatedly defended his position. After the trial, the lawyer was sentenced to three months in prison, deprived of all voting rights and expelled from the Moscow nobility. The Vyborg Manifesto became a precedent in passive resistance to the authorities.