Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov Nicholas II19 August 1905
The Duma has advisory powers but is without legislative authority
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Duma has advisory powers but is without legislative authority
Appointed Member of Duma
The 1st Duma is opened by the Tsar
The 1st Duma is closed by the Tsar
The 2nd Duma is opened by the Tsar
The 2nd Duma is closed by the Tsat & a new electoral law is passed
The 2nd Duma is closed by the Tsat & a new electoral law is passed
The 3rd Duma is opened by the Tsar & remains open until 1912
The 3rd Duma is opened by the Tsar & remains open until 1912
Stolypins allows ethnic groups in the Duma but they must speak Russian in their lands. Members of the Duma must speak Russia in their ethnic lands
Shoots Stolypin the Duma Prime Minister at the opera in front of Tsar Nicholas II
The 4th & last Duma opens
The Duma is reconvened for 6 weeks
The Duma is prorogued
Appointed Member of Duma
Amnestied by the Duma for part played in the attempted coup of 1991
Appointed Member of Russian Duma, 2nd Duma
President Yeltsin yields to pressure from the communist-dominated Duma to appoint Yevgeny Primakov as Prime Minister
The Duma twice rejects Kiriyenkos nomination, but confirms him, under the threat of dissolution, in a third vote
The Duma postpones a scheduled vote on START II ratification to protest NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, which started after Serbia refused to halt military actions against Kosovar Albanians seeking autonomy
Putin pledges his support to the newly formed Unity Party which wins the second largest percentage of the popular vote (23,32%) in the Duma elections
The Russian Duma (lower house of Parliament) overwhelmingly approves the START II ratification legislation 288-131 with four abstentions. The Duma finally raties the Treaty, in a largely symbolic move since the ratification was made contingent on preserving the ABM Treaty, which it was clear the US was not prepared to do
The Duma passes legislation giving Putin the right to fire provincial governors and takes away the governors automatic immunity and membership in the Federation Council
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