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State Duma
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lower house of Federal Assembly of Russia
The State Duma is the lower house of Russia's Federal Assembly, meaning it's one of the two main chambers of the country's legislature. It matters because it has significant power in passing laws and shaping Russian government policy, making it a central institution in Russia's political system.
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- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1907
- Location
- Moscow, Russia
- Also known as
- Gosudarstvennaya Duma
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- duma
- Field of work
- rulemaking
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Moscow
- Chairperson
- Vyacheslav Volodin
- Official website
- www.duma.gov.ru
- Image
- Фракция ЕР В Зале Пленарных Заседаний ГД.JPG
- Said to be same as
- duma
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- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- located on street
- Okhotny Ryad
- Commons category
- State Duma
- topic's main category
- Category:State Duma
- native label
- Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации
- inception
- 1907-00-00
- applies to jurisdiction
- Russia
- number of seats
- 450
- different from
- State Duma
- phone number
- +7 495 692-95-95
- short name
- Госду́ма
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Encyclopedic overview
The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, with the upper house being the Federation Council. 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 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.
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