12 Facts About State Duma

The State Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square.

The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved in a nationwide referendum.

The State Duma was founded in 1905 after the violence and upheaval in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and was Russia's first elected parliament.

The third State Duma was the only one to last until the end of its five-year term.

Furthermore, the State Duma was later to have an important effect on Russian history, as it was one of the contributing factors in the February Revolution of 1917, the first of two that year, which led to the abolition of autocracy in Russia and the overthrow of the Tsar.

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Business was governed by a steering committee, the State Duma Council, consisting of one person from each party or group.

In 2014, the State Duma elected in 2011 took part in criminally integrating recently annexed Crimea.

State Duma has special powers enumerated by the Constitution of Russia.

State Duma adopts decrees on issues relating to its authority by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Bills of the State Duma are adopted by a majority of the total number of deputies of the State Duma, unless another procedure is envisaged by the Constitution.

All bills are first approved by the State Duma and are further debated and approved by the Federation Council.

The office as deputy of the State Duma is a full-time and professional position.