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  2. State Duma - Wikipedia

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    The work of the leading committees, such as those for defense, foreign affairs, or budget, attracted a good deal of media attention and lobbying activity. 2000s [ edit ] In the early 2000s, following the 1999 parliamentary elections , the pro-presidential Unity party and the Communist Party were the leading forces in the State Duma.

  3. Duma - Wikipedia

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    A duma ( Russian: дума) is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions. The term boyar duma is used to refer to advisory councils in Russia from the 10th to 17th centuries. Starting in the 18th century, city dumas were formed across Russia. The first formally constituted state duma was the Imperial State Duma introduced to the ...

  4. State Duma (Russian Empire) - Wikipedia

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    The State Duma, also known as the Imperial Duma, was the lower house of the legislature in the Russian Empire, while the upper house was the State Council. It held its meetings in the Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg. It convened four times between 27 April 1906 and the collapse of the empire in February 1917.

  5. 1906 Russian legislative election - Wikipedia

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    Legislative elections were held in the Russian Empire from 26 March to 20 April 1906. At stake were the 497 seats in the State Duma of the Russian Empire, the legislative assembly. Election for the First State Duma, which only ran from 27 April to 8 July (O.S.) 1906, returned a significant bloc of moderate socialists and two liberal parties ...

  6. Federal Assembly (Russia) - Wikipedia

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    Federal Assembly (Russia) The Federal Assembly [a] is the bicameral national legislature of Russia. The upper house is the Federation Council, and the lower house is the State Duma. The assembly was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993, replacing the former Supreme Soviet of Russia. It is located in Moscow .

  7. Vyacheslav Volodin - Wikipedia

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    vvolodin.ru. Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin ( Russian: Вячеслав Викторович Володин, Russian pronunciation: [vʲɪt͡ɕɪsˈɫaf ˈvʲiktərəvit͡ɕ vɐˈɫodʲin] ⓘ; born 4 February 1964) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the 10th Chairman of the State Duma (since 5 October 2016). He is a former aide to ...

  8. October Manifesto - Wikipedia

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    The Manifesto was issued by Tsar Nicholas II (1868–1918, ruled 1894–1917), under the influence of Sergei Witte (1849–1915), on 30 October [ O.S. 17 October] 1905 as a response to the Russian Revolution of 1905. Nicholas strenuously resisted these ideas, but gave in after his first choice to head a military dictatorship, [1] Grand Duke ...

  9. Trudoviks - Wikipedia

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    The Trudoviks are best known for winning seats in the State Duma, a national assembly created by Tsar Nicholas II in the aftermath of the 1905 Revolution. The seats they won were mainly in the 1st and 2nd assemblies in 1906 and 1907, when they gained over 100 seats. [1] Alexander Kerensky, later Prime Minister of Russia under the Provisional ...