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18TH CENTURY Early Tsar's Councils were small and dealt primarily with the External Politics . Peter I Of Russia introduced the Secret Council. Catherine I Of Russia introduced the ''' Supreme Secret Council '''. Its role varied during different reigns. Peter III Of Russia created the Imperial Council on May 20 , 1762 ("Императорский Совет"), or, formally "The Council at the Highest Court" ("Совет при высочайшем дворе"). It was dismissed shortly after the succession of Catherine II Of Russia . 1810-1917 The State Council was established by Alexander I Of Russia in 1810 as part of Speransky 's reforms. Although envisaged by Speransky as the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament , it was actually an advisory organ composed of people whom the tsar could trust. During 1906 - 1917 , the status of the State Council was defined by the Russian Constitution Of 1906 . Its chairman was appointed by Tsar . Initially half of its members were appointed by the Tsar and half by elections from various categories of society, separately ( Clergy , Russian Academy Of Science , Universities , Guberniya -level Zemstvo , Dvoryan Assembly , Merchant s, Industrialist s. After 1910 , only the Tsar appointed the members. During this period it is sometimes formally compared to the Upper House of the Parliament , the Duma being compared with the Lower House . on May 5 , 1901 is represented on Ilya Repin 's huge canvas, now exhibited in the Russian Museum .]] |
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