1st State Duma of George Lukawa. On January 17, 1996, the parliament elected Ivan Rybkin as the Chairman of the State Duma. In the State Duma of the 2nd convocation operated 23 Committees. 1st State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation the first convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации I созыва) is the former convocation of the legislative branch of the State Duma, Lower House of the Russian Parliament, worked from December 12, 1993 – December 16, 1995. The first few months, the State Duma was located in the Comecon building on New Arbat Avenue,
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