City Duma dated 06.10.2003, № 131-FZ), under which the exclusive competence of the City Council are: City Duma City Duma () is the parliament/legislative branch of power of in the Russian Empire and contemporary Russian cities, and before the entry into force of the new administrative-territorial division in 2009, in all the cities of Latvia. Originated in Russia on the basis of a decree issued on April 21, 1785 by Empress Catherine II ""The instruments on the rights and benefits of the cities of the Russian Empire"" which included the creation of the "General City Duma". General Duma has elected an executive
Parliament State Duma (which is better known than the Federal Assembly itself, and is often mistaken for the entirety of the parliament) comes from the Russian word "думать" ("dumat"), "to think". The Boyar Duma was an advisory council to the grand princes and tsars of Muscovy. The Duma was discontinued by Peter the Great, who transferred its functions to the Governing Senate in 1711. The "veche" was the highest legislature and judicial authority in the republic of Novgorod until 1478. In its sister state, Pskov, a separate veche operated until 1510. Since the Novgorod revolution of 1137 ousted the ruling grand