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Historical legislatures in Russia

  • Russian Constituent AssemblyIn 1906, Tsar Nicholas II granted basic civil liberties and established the State Duma as a new legislative body. The Duma never received authorization to…
  • All-Russian Central Executive CommitteeIn June 1917, delegates gathered inside the Tauride Palace in Petrograd to establish a new governing body. The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets elected…
  • State Duma (Russian Empire)On the 6th of August 1905, Sergei Witte issued a manifesto about convoking a new legislative body. This document emerged from intense pressure following the…
  • Zemsky SoborTsar Ivan the Terrible convened the first Zemsky Sobor in 1549. This gathering brought together three distinct groups of Russian society for a single purpose.