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State Council (Russian Empire)
Supreme advisory body to the Russian Emperor; became upper house of parliament in 1906 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with State Council (Russia).
The State Council (Russian: Госуда́рственный сове́т, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj sɐˈvʲet]) was the supreme state advisory body to the tsar in the Russian Empire. From 1906, it was the upper house of the parliament under the Russian Constitution of 1906.
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