This image from Zritel’, vol 4, no 1, was published January 11th, 1908. On the surface, it depicts a rounded man sitting on a chair, with a large pair of scissors cutting a piece of paper with a man wrapped inside. Said paper appears to be either a duma ballot or copy of the October Manifesto, which either way, I believe to be conveying the same message. The illustrator, to me, is satirizing the struggles and inefficiencies of the new governmental system. The journal was published in 1908, and as such, came during the third convening of the Third Duma. The Third Duma was less radical and more favorable to the government than the prior ones. Prime Minister, Pyotr Stolypin was able to pass considerable land reform until 1912. Perhaps this satire is thus criticizing such a conservative Duma by cutting up a ballot and along with it a man. While the image is distorted, the man being cut seems to be wearing plain and dull clothing, and as such most likely represents the common man in Russia. By destroying both the ballot and the man, this well-dressed man who I can only assume to be a government official, is thus, hindering the “common man.” As such, I can only assume this satire to be communicating its dissatisfaction with the current Duma, and furthermore, its criticism of the government as a whole.