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The council as a whole examined projects of law proposed by the ministers who were ex-officio members. The majority of their sessions concerned the budget and state expenditures but they would examine anything submitted to them. They had no authority to propose changes to the law, to examine anything
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There were four departments of the council: Legislative; Civil and Ecclesiastical Administration; State Economy; and Industry, Science and Commerce. Each department had its own presiding officer (State Secretary) and met separately to discuss matters assigned to their departments. There were also
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that was not submitted to them for examination or decision-making authority. The council only made recommendations to the monarch, who could support the majority, a minority, or disregard the council's recommendations altogether, as he saw fit. According to
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Lieven Dominic. The Russian ruling elite under Nicholas II . In: Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, vol. 25, n°4, Octobre-Décembre 1984. pp. 429–454. DOI : 10.3406/cmr.1984.2022
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on 20 May 1762 ("Императорский Совет"), or, formally "The Council at the Highest Court" ("Совет при высочайшем дворе"). It was dismissed shortly after the succession of
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it "played no part in the formulation of foreign policy and its members' access to the emperor was very limited.
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plenary sessions of the whole council presided over by the Chairman of the State Council.
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12 seats from stock exchange committees, chambers of commerce and business associations,
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Supreme advisory body to the Russian Emperor; became upper house of parliament in 1906
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During 1906–1917, the status of the State Council was defined by the
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Early tsars' councils were small and dealt primarily with
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List of Chairmen of the State Council of Imperial Russia
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Ceremonial Sitting of the State Council on 7 May 1901
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was the seat of the State Council in the 20th century.
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