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Parliaments in the Late Russian Empire, Revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union

Parliaments in the Late Russian Empire, Revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union

Sablin, Ivan

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Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europ

General Political ScienceRussian HistoryUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1032556897
ISBN13: 9781032556895
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 27 2025
Pages: 456
Weight: 1.46
Height: 0.96 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines the meanings that were attached to the terms parliament and parliamentarism in the different historical and discursive contexts of the late Russian Empire, revolutionary and Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Union. It discusses those institutions referred to as parliaments by contemporaries, gives special attention to their functions, and traces the broader debates on parliamentarism within Russia and the Soviet Union, in Russian émigré circles, and among foreign observers. It highlights that only the late imperial and perestroika assemblies can be considered legislative institutions that expressed dissensus but argues that other assemblies, often referred to as rubber-stamp parliaments due to their lack of legislative competence and influence over other authorities, should not be dismissed. The Supreme Soviet, for instance, provided an integrative function binding society and elites in a top-down manner, while its deputies engaged in information acquisition and state micromanagement through interactions with their constituents. It also played an important role in interparliamentary relations and, as one of the first institutions of nominal parliamentarism in an autocratic single-party regime, of which there were many in the twentieth century, served as a model for numerous state socialist regimes. By addressing the role of parliaments in reassembling imperial spaces through political representation and the functions of nominal legislative institutions, the book explores the contribution of Russian and Soviet assemblies to global political modernity.

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