Parliament parliament of the feudal Estates type, in the 16th and 17th centuries. The term roughly means assembly of the land. It could be summoned either by tsar, or patriarch, or the Boyar Duma. Three categories of population, comparable to the Estates-General of France but with the numbering of the first two Estates reversed, participated in the assembly: Nobility and high bureaucracy, including the Boyar Duma The Holy Sobor of high Orthodox clergy Representatives of merchants and townspeople (third estate) The name of the parliament of nowadays Russian Federation is the Federal Assembly of Russia. The term for its lower house,
Duma (2005 film) theatrically, but Scott Foundas wrote a rave review for the film in "Variety" and it led Warner Bros to reconsider. Warner Bros. finally gave "Duma" a limited theatrical release in the US. "Duma" was released on DVD on May 16, 2006 by Warner Bros. Entertainment. "Duma" went on receiving very positive reviews from critics; the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 93% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 61 reviews; Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 82 out of 100, based on 21 reviews. The film made $870,067 at the North American box office