Duma

//ˈdumə//

"Duma" in a Sentence (4 examples)

During one session of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, an average of eight laws are adopted.

She was active in Soviet and Russian political and other groups, and was elected to the Russian Duma in 2011.

Hence, while preserving his autocratic power, the Czar decrees a “Gosudarstvennaia Duma,” or State Council. The elections for this Duma will cover the whole territory of the Empire, ...

Barricades were raised, Dumas were convened and dissolved, emergency laws were enacted, mystics sought escape routes to the beyond—and meanwhile this little group of captains and colonels, nicknamed the “Young Turks,” developed their ideas, read the works of German generals, and gathered strength.

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