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Russian Empire. Originated in Russia on the basis of a decree issued on 21 April 1785 by Empress Catherine II " The instruments on the rights and benefits of the cities of the Russian Empire " which included the creation of the "General City Duma". General Duma has elected an executive body, "Шестигласная дума" consisting of the ...
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 ...
The Moscow City Duma ( Russian: Московская городская дума, romanized : Moskovskaya gorodskaya duma) is the regional parliament ( city duma) of Moscow, a federal subject and the capital city of Russia. [1] As Moscow is one of three federal cities, [a] the city duma's legislation can only be overridden by the mayor and the ...
The State Duma [b] is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993. The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies.
The 2024 Moscow City Duma election will take place on 8 September 2024, on common election day.All 45 seats in the City Duma will be up for reelection. Background. The 2019 Moscow City Duma election was marked by mass protests in the city, sparked by the disqualification of several candidates allied to Aleksey Navalny, Dmitry Gudkov, Yabloko or local citizen movements.
Meeting place. Tauride Palace, St. Petersburg. 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 ...
(Reuters) - Artur Chilingarov, a Russian polar scientist and explorer and veteran member of parliament, died on Saturday, the speaker of the state Duma lower house said. He was 84.
The city's administrative structure is approved by the City Duma on the proposal of the head, and may include sectoral (functional) and territorial bodies of the administration of Vladivostok. Igor Pushkaryov was the city's mayor from May 2008 to June 2016; previously he was a Federation Council member of Primorsky Krai.