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The COMPLETE list of Russian tsars, emperors and presidents
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The COMPLETE history of the Russian parliament
The State Duma of the Russian Empire, 1912 Public domain Long before the State Duma was created, the Russian people had ways of making decisions by gathering in different bodies that preceded the formation of parliament.
The definitive quality of ancient Russian democracy was that the needs of the peasants and poor townsfolk were mostly represented by their landlords, wealthy townspeople and military commanders. Popular elections as such were first introduced only at the beginning of the 20th century.
Veche Veche in Pskov, 1909, by Apollinary Vasnetsov Apollinary Vasnetsov
Before the Rurikid princes came to power in the Russian lands, many big cities, including Novgorod, Pskov, and Kiev, were governed by veche – a popular assembly consisting of all active citizens of a town. Veche wasn’t a parliament in a strict sense, because there were no elections whatsoever – just the most powerful, weal