have fundamental differences, due to which the Duma discussed and adopted budget laws without delay and in a constructive atmosphere. During the parliamentary crisis in March 1911, he was considered the best candidate for the post of chairman of the State Duma, who became vacant after the resignation of A.I. Guchkov, but refused to run, losing the position of chairman M.V. Rodzianko, with whom he was associated with joint activities in Yekaterinoslavsky provincial zemstvo. He was close to the left wing of the Octobrist faction, but after the split in 1913, the Octobrist faction entered the group of Zemstvo-Octobrists. He died of cerebral hemorrhage at 9 pm on February 18, 1917 The funeral of M. M. Alekseenko was the most solemn in the history of the State Duma of the Russian Empire. Works A look at the development of the doctrine of tax among economists A. Smith, Say, Ricardo, Sismondi and Mill "Essay on the growth of public debt in England and France." Kharkov, 1872. (master's thesis) Synopsis of Financial Law, 1894 Income tax and conditions for its application The fifth anniversary of the budget in the 3rd State Duma. SPb., 1912. References 1847 births 1917 deaths Politicians from Dnipro People from Yekaterinoslavsky Uyezd Octobrists Members of the 3rd State Duma of the Russian Empire Members of the 4th State Duma of the Russian Empire Lawyers from the Russian Empire National University of Kharkiv alumni