Duma

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This article is a stub and thus not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
Video [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

A duma (Russian: дума) is a Russian parliamentary assembly. Various types existed until the 1917 revolution when all were abolished to be replaced by soviets. In 1993, the State Duma was established as the lower legislative house of the Russian Federation.