Duma political prisoners should be released, trade unions given rights and land reform be introduced. Nicholas II rejected these suggestions and dissolved the assembly in July, 1906. The imperial State Duma was elected four times: in 1906, twice in 1907, and in 1912. The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума, "Gosudarstvennaya Duma", common abbreviation: Госдума, "Gosduma") in Russia is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament), the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. Under Russia's 1993 constitution, there are 450 deputies of the State Duma (Article 95), each elected to a term of four years (Article 96);
Duma (DC Comics) funeral of Dream. Duma's sacrifice in taking the key enlightened Remiel, who subsequently accepted the heavy burden of rehabilitating lost souls. Duma also appears at the funeral of Dream of the Endless in , where he gets up and "speaks", but being the angel of silence, simply sheds a single tear which effectively communicates his feelings to all those present. Following the end of the "Sandman" series, Remiel and Duma give up ownership of Hell in a complex sequence of events in the "Lucifer" spin-off series. This is the first time we hear Duma actually "speak", when he defies Remiel