Still, many rightists despised Stolypin merely for his willingness to engage with the Duma, even though that was the law and the prime minister’s manipulations of the Duma were government triumphs. 这句话中even though 后的that是做从句还是主语,如果是主语从句that不能做成分,如果定语从句,非限定性不能用that,如果不是从句为什么后面还有个were,求解答