Duma Duma A duma (дума) was a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions. The term comes from the Russian verb думать ("dumat’") meaning "to think" or "to consider". The first formally constituted duma was the State Duma introduced into the Russian Empire by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905. The Tsar dismissed the first duma within 75 days and re-elected second duma within three months. It was dissolved in 1917 during the Russian Revolution. Since 1993, the State Duma is the lower legislative house of the Russian Federation. Historians use the term "Boyar Duma" to denote the council of boyars and
Zolu Duma Zolu Duma Zolu Duma (aka King Peter) was an Gola ruler of the land which now contains Monrovia, Liberia. At a young age Zolu Duma was placed with Wuling, of the Bassa people who had gained importance as a merchant trading with the Europeans. In 1822 Zolu Duma met with representatives of the American Colonization Society, including United States naval officer Robert F. Stockton, who wished to purchase land on which to settle African American emigrants from the United States. Accounts of the meeting stated that Stockton forced Zolu Duma to cede the land at gunpoint: Drawing another pistol and