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26-536: Okhotny Ryad (Russian: Охотный Ряд , literally: Hunters' Row ) may reference: Okhotny Ryad (street) , a street in Moscow Okhotny Ryad (Moscow Metro) Okhotny Ryad (store) under the Manezhnaya Square, Moscow State Duma Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

52-610: A five-party State Duma was formed. The State Duma has special powers enumerated by the Constitution of Russia . They are: The State Duma adopts decrees on issues relating to its authority by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The legal framework that is used to elect Duma differed over the years. Save to parliamentary election of 2007 and election of 2011 the mixed system of parallel voting

78-629: A strong boost for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which became the first political party of Russia and elected 157 seats: a Communist, Gennady Seleznyov , was elected as Speaker of the State Duma. The "presidential party" Our Home – Russia won 55 seats. During the second half of the 1990s, the Duma became an important forum for lobbying by regional leaders and businessmen looking for tax breaks and legislative favors. The work of

104-544: Is used for the distribution of party-list. Bills of the State Duma are adopted by a majority of the total number of deputies of the State Duma, unless another procedure is envisaged by the Constitution. All bills are first approved by the State Duma and are further debated and approved (or rejected) by the Federation Council. Relatively few roll call votes have been published that identify individual deputies' votes. The votes of individuals are recorded only if

130-603: The Civic Platform , were able to get one seat. In 2008, after the adoption of amendments to the Constitution , the term of the State Duma was increased from four to five years. A 2016 exposé by Dissernet showed that one in nine members of the State Duma had obtained academic degrees with theses that were substantially plagiarized and likely ghostwritten. In 2018, it became known that the State Duma building will be reconstructed. In March 2019 it became known that

156-604: The Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council . It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993. The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow , a few steps from Manege Square . Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in

182-509: The Soviet system of government was abolished and a new Constitution was introduced and approved by a referendum . The new Charter transformed the Russian Federation into a federal semi-presidential republic, with a bicameral parliament composed by the State Duma and the Federation Council . In the December 1993 elections pro-Yeltsin parties won 175 seats in the Duma versus 125 seats for

208-594: The 2011 elections the term length is 5 years. The history of the duma dates back to the boyar dumas of Kievan Rus' and Muscovite Russia as well Tsarist Russia. The State Duma of the Russian Empire was founded in 1905 after the violence and upheaval in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and was Russia's first elected parliament. The first two attempts by Tsar Nicholas II (1868–1918) to make it active were ineffective. Subsequently, each of these Dumas

234-483: The Noble Assembly, but over time the entire Zaneglimensky Market came to be called Okhotny Ryad. In the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries, Okhotny Ryad began to symbolize the abundance, hospitality and satiety of Moscow, entering Russian proverbs. However, due to the participation of shopkeepers in attacks on intellectuals and Jews, the image of an Okhotny Ryad resident as a reactionary and pogromist

260-520: The Soviet Union , Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union and Gosplan . The House of the Unions is also located on the corner of Bolshaya Dmitrovka and Okhotny Ryad streets. 55°45′28″N 37°36′59″E  /  55.75778°N 37.61639°E  / 55.75778; 37.61639 State Duma Opposition (102) Vacant seats (1) The State Duma is the lower house of

286-482: The aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 , and approved in a nationwide referendum . In the 2007 and 2011 Russian legislative elections a full party-list proportional representation with 7% electoral threshold system was used, but this was subsequently repealed. The legislature's term length was initially 2 years in the 1993–1995 elections period, and 4 years in 1999–2007 elections period; since

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312-732: The chapel became the first Moscow religious building to be destroyed by the Soviet authorities. In the 1920s, shops began to be torn down in Okhotny Ryad, and in the 1930s, trade was transferred to Tsvetnoy Boulevard, which marked the beginning of the Central Market. In 1928, the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa was demolished, and a little later, the Golitsyn Chambers standing next to it. In 1935, Okhotny Ryad Street appeared on

338-566: The established and traditional by the 17th century structure of the large Moscow market, Okhotny Ryad occupied a very modest place. It was used for trade in "game and live poultry, domestic and songbirds" (V. I. Dahl). In the 17th century, Okhotny Ryad was located on the left bank of the Neglinnaya River on the site of the current building of the Historical Museum. In 1708, in connection with the construction of bastions along

364-640: The leading committees, such as those for defense, foreign affairs, or budget, attracted a good deal of media attention and lobbying activity. In the early 2000s, following the 1999 parliamentary elections , the pro-presidential Unity party and the Communist Party were the leading forces in the State Duma. After the 2003 elections , a dominant-party system was established with the newly formed pro-presidential United Russia party dominating. In all subsequent elections, United Russia has always received an absolute majority of seats (more than 226). During

390-413: The left bloc. The balance of power lay with the sixty-four deputies of the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia . Only parties that won more than five percent of the vote were given party-list seats: eight passed the threshold in 1993. In addition to those eight parties, a pool of thirty-five deputies was entitled to form a registered group to reflect regional or sectoral interests. Business

416-439: The presidency of Vladimir Putin , the State Duma became increasingly referred to as a rubber stamp , with there being a shift to electoral authoritarianism . After the 2007 elections , a four-party system was formed with a United Russia , Communist Party , Liberal Democratic Party and A Just Russia . Other parties could not get enough votes to go to the State Duma. Only in 2016 elections , two other parties, Rodina and

442-666: The previous Russian Imperial autocratic system. Furthermore, the Duma was later to have an important effect on Russian history, as it was one of the contributing factors in the February Revolution of 1917, the first of two that year, which led to the abolition of the Tsarist autocracy in Russia and the overthrow of the Tsardom . Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis ,

468-627: The repair will begin in May 2019 and will end in September 2020. During this period, the State Duma was temporarily housed in the House of Unions . In addition, a draft of a new conference room, which would be an amphitheatre , was presented. After the 2021 elections , in addition to the four main parties, the New People party was also elected to the State Duma. Thus, for the first time since 1999,

494-511: The site of Okhotny Ryad Square as a result of urban development changes. The first metro line in the Soviet Union also passed under it, and a station of the same name appeared. Okhotny Ryad is the location of the Building of Council of Labor and Defense , which has housed the State Duma since 1994, having previously housed the Council of Labor and Defense , Council of People's Commissars of

520-514: The title Okhotny Ryad . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okhotny_Ryad&oldid=1252498278 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Russian-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Okhotny Ryad (street) In

546-415: The voting is open and the electronic method is used. While not all votes are officially roll call votes, every time a deputy electronically votes a computer registers the individual deputy's vote. Any Russian citizen who is age 21 or older is eligible to participate in the election may be elected deputy to the State Duma. However, that same person may not be a deputy to the Federation Council. In addition,

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572-496: The walls of the Kremlin and Kitay-Gorod by Peter I, all food rows (Kharchevoy, Obzhorny, Okhotny) were moved beyond the Neglinnaya River – from today's Manezhnaya Square to Teatralnaya Square, next to the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa. After the fire of 1812, stone one-story trading premises with dozens of poultry slaughterhouses were built on the site of the burnt wooden shops. The premises of Okhotny Ryad itself were located opposite

598-464: Was dissolved after only a few months. The third Duma was the only one to last until the end of its five-year term. After the 1907 electoral reform, the third Duma, elected in November 1907, was largely made up of members of the upper classes, as radical influences in the Duma had almost entirely been removed. The establishment of the Duma after the 1905 Revolution was to herald significant changes to

624-483: Was formed. Since the 1870s, the word "okhotny Ryad resident" has become synonymous with a dark force that suppresses everything progressive. The owners of butcher shops often became voluntary allies of the police during student unrest. In 1883, a cast-iron chapel of St. Alexander Nevsky was built on Moiseyevskaya Square in memory of those who died in the Russo-Turkish War . Demolished in early November 1922,

650-592: Was governed by a steering committee, the Duma Council, consisting of one person from each party or group. The most important task was dividing up the chair positions in the Duma's twenty-three committees, which was done as part of a power-sharing "package" deal. Despite the fact that the Russian Constitution states that the State Duma is elected for four years, it was decided to elect the first State Duma for two years. The 1995 election resulted in

676-524: Was used to elect Duma. The system was restored back in February 2014 from a party-list proportional representation system enacted in 2003 with an increased threshold of 7% which was lowered this time to 5%. According to the law adopted in 2014 the Russian territory is divided into constituencies which are used for elections of single candidates per constituency. However, a single "united" constituency

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