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Zemsky Sobor

Parliament of the Tsardom of Russia

Parliament of the Tsardom of Russia

FieldValue
nameZemsky Sobor
native_nameЗемский собор
logoHerb Moskovia-1 (Alex K).svg
headquartersMoscow Kremlin
formed1549
preceding1Veche
dissolved1684
superseding1Governing Senate
parent_departmentBoyar duma

The Zemsky Sobor (зе́мский собо́р) was a parliament of the Tsardom of Russia's estates of the realm active during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The assembly represented Russia's feudal classes in three categories: Nobility and the high bureaucracy, the Holy Sobor of the Orthodox clergy, and representatives of "commoners" including merchants and townspeople. Assemblies could be summoned either by the tsar, the patriarch, or the boyar duma, to decide current agenda, controversial issues or enact major pieces of legislation.

Tsardom of Russia

In the 16th century, Tsar Ivan the Terrible held the first Zemsky Sobor in 1549, holding several assemblies primarily as a rubber stamp but also to address initiatives taken by the lower nobility and townspeople.

Times of Troubles

1922 Zemsky Sobor

The Zemsky Sobor of Amur region (Приамурский Земский Собор) of the Provisional Priamurye Government was convened in Vladivostok on July 23, 1922, by Mikhail Diterikhs during the Russian Civil War. Diterikhs was a general of the White Army in the Russian Far East and convened the assembly four years after the murder of the Romanov family to proclaim a new monarchy, naming Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich as the Tsar of Russia, with Patriarch Tikhon as the honorary chairman of the Zemsky Sobor. Neither Nikolai or Tikhon were present at the assembly, and the plan was cancelled when the region fell to the Bolsheviks two months later.

References

References

  1. Acton, Edward. (2014-09-19). "Russia".
  2. Krebs, H.. (1905-03-11). "Zémstvo and Zemsky-Sobór". Notes and Queries.
  3. webpages.cs.luc.edu/~dennis/106/106-Bkgr/15-Absolutism.
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