The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 1st convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации I созыва) is a former convocation of the legislative branch of the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...

, Lower House of the

Russian Parliament The Federal Assembly ( rus, Федера́льное Собра́ние, r=Federalnoye Sobraniye, p=fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə) is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of the Russian F ...

, worked from December 12, 1993 – December 16, 1995. The first few months, the State Duma was located in the

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building on

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, then moved to the

State Duma building The building of Council of Labor and Defense (russian: Здание Совета труда и обороны, Zdaniye Soveta truda i oborony) is a state building located on Okhotny Ryad Street in central Moscow, Russia, 250 meters north of the Kr ...

on Okhotny Ryad.

Leadership

On January 14, 1994, the parliament elected Agrarian

Ivan Rybkin Ivan Petrovich Rybkin (; born 20 October 1946) is a Russian politician. He was Chairman of Russia's State Duma in 1994–96 and Secretary of the Security Council in 1996–98. He ran for the Russian presidency in 2004, before dropping out after a ...

as the

Chairman of the State Duma The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (russian: Председатель Государственной Думы Федерального собрания Российской Федерации), also c ...

.The State Duma in Russia's recent history
/ref> Before his election, the session was moderated by the oldest deputy, 68 year-old

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Georgy Lukava.

Chairman election

The first round was held on 13 January 1994 by

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using an

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. The runoff was conducted by secret ballot on the next day, before which Yury Vlasov endorsed Ivan Rybkin.

Factions and groups

Committees

23 committees operated in the State Duma of the 1st convocation.

Major legislation

* Federal Constitutional Law "On the

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" (21 July 1994) *

Civil Code of Russia The Civil Code of the Russian Federation (russian: Гражданский кодекс Российской Федерации, frequently abbreviated 'ГК РФ') is the prime source of civil law for the Russian Federation. The Russian Civil Law ...

(21 October 1994) * Arbitration Procedure Code of Russia (5 April 1995) * Federal Constitutional Law "On the referendum" (7 July 1995) * Water Code of Russia (16 November 1995) *

Family Code of Russia The Family Code of Russia (russian: Семейный кодекс Российской Федерации, abbreviated as ''СК РФ'') is the prime source of family law in the Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, ...

(8 December 1995)

References

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