Russian Parliamentarism Celebrates 115th Anniversary

27 April 2021

Russian Parliamentarism Celebrates 115th Anniversary

On 27 April 1906, the very first Russian parliament – the State Duma – started its work in the Tavricheskiy Palace in St. Petersburg.

The first State Duma has worked for only 72 days – from April to July 1906. Those days opened a new, parliamentary page of Russian history.