Rybno-Slobodsky District ( Russian : Ры́бно-Слобо́дский райо́н ; Tatar : Балык Бистәсе районы ) is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation . It is located in the central part of the republic, on the right bank of the Kama River . The administrative center is the urban-type settlement Rybnaya Sloboda . As of 2020, the district had a total population of 25,052 people. The total land area of the district is 2053 km.
68-526: The village of Rybnaya Sloboda was formed by the decree of Boris Godunov at the end of the 16th century. The settlement received its name in honor of the fishing industry widespread in the region, in which participated many residents of the Kama villages. The Rybno-Slobodsky district was formed as an administrative unit in 1927. The region is predominantly agricultural with around 1181.1 km of land designated for agricultural use. Five large agricultural firms operate in
136-528: A rubber stamp , with there being a shift to electoral authoritarianism . After the 2007 elections , a four-party system was formed with a United Russia , Communist Party , Liberal Democratic Party and A Just Russia . Other parties could not get enough votes to go to the State Duma. Only in 2016 elections , two other parties, Rodina and the Civic Platform , were able to get one seat. In 2008, after
204-529: A Turkic raid upon Moscow, for which he received the title of Konyushy , an obsolete dignity even higher than that of Boyar . He supported an anti- Turkish faction in the Crimea and gave the Khan subsidies in his war against the sultan. Godunov encouraged English merchants to trade with Russia by exempting them from duties. He built towns and fortresses along the north-eastern and south-eastern borders of Russia to keep
272-413: A council whose members consisted of Godunov, Feodor Nikitich Romanov , Vasili Shuiski and others to guide his son and successor of Russia Feodor I , who was feeble in both mind and body: "he took refuge from the dangers of the palace in devotion to religion; and though his people called him a saint, they recognized the fact that he lacked the iron to govern men." At the time of his death, Ivan also had
340-590: A five-party State Duma was formed. The State Duma has special powers enumerated by the Constitution of Russia . They are: The State Duma adopts decrees on issues relating to its authority by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The legal framework that is used to elect Duma differed over the years. Save to parliamentary election of 2007 and election of 2011 the mixed system of parallel voting
408-620: A lengthy illness and a stroke on 13/23 April 1605. He left one son, Feodor II , who succeeded him but only ruled Russia for less than a month, until he and Boris' widow were murdered by the enemies of the Godunovs in Moscow on 10/20 June 1605. Boris's first son, Ivan, was born in 1587 and died in 1588. His daughter, Xenia , was born in 1582. She was engaged to Johann of Schleswig-Holstein , but he died shortly before their planned wedding in October 1602. Xenia
476-482: A mausoleum near the entrance of the Assumption Cathedral at Trinity–St. Sergius Lavra. Boris' life was dramatised by the founder of Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin , in his play Boris Godunov (1831), which was inspired by Shakespeare 's Henry IV . Modest Mussorgsky based his opera Boris Godunov on Pushkin's play. Sergei Prokofiev later wrote incidental music for Pushkin's drama. In 1997,
544-570: A play on Godunov's name. State Duma Opposition (102) Vacant seats (1) The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council . It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993. The Duma headquarters are located in central Moscow , a few steps from Manege Square . Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced
612-512: A pool of thirty-five deputies was entitled to form a registered group to reflect regional or sectoral interests. Business was governed by a steering committee, the Duma Council, consisting of one person from each party or group. The most important task was dividing up the chair positions in the Duma's twenty-three committees, which was done as part of a power-sharing "package" deal. Despite the fact that
680-406: A program to improve the working conditions for investors and entrepreneurs. For example, in the village of Bolshoy Mashlyak, an enterprise for the production of sweets was funded with investment attracted from Turkey . Another Turkish investor is Food Alliance, which is building a 100 hectare greenhouse complex. The total amount of declared investment in the project is 17 million rubles. Food Alliance
748-483: A three-year-old son, Dmitry Ivanovich (1581–1591), from his seventh and last marriage. This son (and his mother's family) had no claim to the throne because the Eastern Orthodox Church only recognized Ivan's first three marriages as legitimate. Shortly after Ivan's death, the council had both Dmitri and his mother, Maria Nagaya , moved to Uglich , some 120 miles north of Moscow. Dmitri died there in 1591 at
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#1732880850330816-530: Is 104.8 hectares, of which 84.6 hectares are arable land. There are 19 large and medium-sized agricultural enterprises, 77 peasant farms and 9704 private subsidiary plots. The number of cows in the district in 2019 amounted to 4,791 units (out of more than 200 thousand throughout the country). Since 2016, the Rybno-Slobodsky district has been implementing a project of the Krasny Vostok agricultural holding for
884-468: Is also the main investment partner of the Tatarstan Hectare project (70 million in investment) - a cooperative on an area of 200 hectares where farmers will be able to grow strawberries, raspberries and currants as well process and pack products on-site. In total, 13 major investors have been attracted to the district in 2018 bringing with them a total of 854 million rubles of investment. In July 2020
952-460: Is known in Russia for the fact that the poet Yakov Emelyanov grew up in the village of Alan-Polyan. In 2003 a treasure hoard of 6,000 coins dating from the 15th century was found in the district. Since 2019 a 19th-century mosque in the village of Bolshaya Yelga has been undergoing restoration under the leadership of the architect Alexander Popov. In 2016, an ecopark of wild spotted and red deer - marals
1020-452: Is planned to farm up to 50 tons of fish per year. At the moment, the project has invested 12 million investments, the total planned amount is 15 million. In 2012, the construction of a fish hatchery began using support from the republican sectoral program, eventually becoming associated with one of the largest corruption scandals in the region which lead to the dismissal of former head Ilham Valeev. Initially 73 million rubles were allocated for
1088-536: Is used for the distribution of party-list. Bills of the State Duma are adopted by a majority of the total number of deputies of the State Duma, unless another procedure is envisaged by the Constitution. All bills are first approved by the State Duma and are further debated and approved (or rejected) by the Federation Council. Relatively few roll call votes have been published that identify individual deputies' votes. The votes of individuals are recorded only if
1156-647: The Baltic Sea and he also attempted to obtain Livonia by diplomatic means. He cultivated friendly relations with the Scandinavians and hoped to take a bride from a foreign royal house, thereby increasing the dignity of his own dynasty. However he declined the personal union proposed to him in 1600 by the diplomatic mission led by Lew Sapieha from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . Boris died after
1224-469: The Communist Party were the leading forces in the State Duma. After the 2003 elections , a dominant-party system was established with the newly formed pro-presidential United Russia party dominating. In all subsequent elections, United Russia has always received an absolute majority of seats (more than 226). During the presidency of Vladimir Putin , the State Duma became increasingly referred to as
1292-604: The Mamadyshsky district . Yet already on January 12, 1965, the Rybno-Slobodskoy district was restored as an administrative division. From 2008 to 2017, the Rybno-Slobodskoy district was headed by Ilham Valeev. He was removed from office as a result of numerous violations revealed in the course of an investigation by the anti-corruption department under the President of Tatarstan. Two years later, Valeev's former deputy, Rafik Gadeev
1360-514: The Serpeisk campaign as an archer of the guard. The following year he became an oprichnik – a member of Ivan's personal guard and secret police. In 1570/1571, Godunov strengthened his position at court by his marriage to Maria Grigorievna Skuratova-Belskaya , the daughter of Malyuta Skuratov-Belskiy , head of the oprichniks. In 1580, the Tsar chose Boris Godunov's sister Irina Godunova (1557–1603) to be
1428-517: The Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 , and approved in a nationwide referendum . In the 2007 and 2011 Russian legislative elections a full party-list proportional representation with 7% electoral threshold system was used, but this was subsequently repealed. The legislature's term length
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#17328808503301496-567: The TASSR was formed on February 14, 1927. Until 1920 the territory was a part of the Laishevsky District and from 1920 to 1927 was included in the Laishevsky canton. On March 26, 1959, new territories which had previously belonged to the abolished Kzyl-Yulduz district were added to the Rybno-Slobodsky district. On January 4, 1963, the district was abolished and part of its territory transferred to
1564-623: The Tsarist autocracy in Russia and the overthrow of the Tsardom . Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis , the Soviet system of government was abolished and a new Constitution was introduced and approved by a referendum . The new Charter transformed the Russian Federation into a federal semi-presidential republic, with a bicameral parliament composed by
1632-579: The Agency for Tourism Development in Tatarstan announced plans to launch a grant program for the development of the Rybno-Slobodsky District. In this program, small and medium-sized businesses may apply for subsidies of up to 3 million rubles for the development of new tourist routes and tourism infrastructure, including the installation of signage, the creation of audio guide systems, general improvements,
1700-467: The Duma had almost entirely been removed. The establishment of the Duma after the 1905 Revolution was to herald significant changes to the previous Russian Imperial autocratic system. Furthermore, the Duma was later to have an important effect on Russian history, as it was one of the contributing factors in the February Revolution of 1917, the first of two that year, which led to the abolition of
1768-585: The Godunovs were descended from the Tatar murza Chet, who came to Rus' in 1330 during the time of Ivan Kalita. This version was included in later editions of the Sovereign's Genealogist (late 16th century) and, according to historians, is unreliable due to serious chronological, genealogical and general historical problems. Godunov's career began at the court of Ivan the Terrible . He is mentioned in 1570 for taking part in
1836-574: The Russian Constitution states that the State Duma is elected for four years, it was decided to elect the first State Duma for two years. The 1995 election resulted in a strong boost for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which became the first political party of Russia and elected 157 seats: a Communist, Gennady Seleznyov , was elected as Speaker of the State Duma. The "presidential party" Our Home – Russia won 55 seats. During
1904-487: The State Duma and the Federation Council . In the December 1993 elections pro-Yeltsin parties won 175 seats in the Duma versus 125 seats for the left bloc. The balance of power lay with the sixty-four deputies of the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia . Only parties that won more than five percent of the vote were given party-list seats: eight passed the threshold in 1993. In addition to those eight parties,
1972-554: The Tatar and Finnic tribes in order. These included Samara , Saratov , Voronezh , and Tsaritsyn , as well as other lesser towns. He colonized Siberia with scores of new settlements, including Tobolsk . During his rule, the Russian Orthodox Church received its patriarchate , placing it on an equal footing with the ancient Eastern churches and freeing it from the influence of the Patriarch of Constantinople . This pleased
2040-405: The Tsar from Godunov's childless sister. The attempt proved unsuccessful, and the conspirators were banished or sent to monasteries. After that, Godunov remained supreme in Russia and he corresponded with foreign princes as their equal. His policy was generally pacific and always prudent. In 1595, he recovered from Sweden some towns lost during the former reign. Five years previously he had defeated
2108-516: The Tsar, as Feodor took a great interest in church affairs. In Godunov's most important domestic reform, a 1597 decree forbade peasants from transferring land from one landowner to another (which they had been freely able to do each year around Saint George's Day in November), thus binding them to the soil. This ordinance aimed to secure revenue, but it led to the institution of serfdom in its most oppressive form. (See also Serfdom in Russia .) Upon
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2176-468: The adoption of amendments to the Constitution , the term of the State Duma was increased from four to five years. A 2016 exposé by Dissernet showed that one in nine members of the State Duma had obtained academic degrees with theses that were substantially plagiarized and likely ghostwritten. In 2018, it became known that the State Duma building will be reconstructed. In March 2019 it became known that
2244-512: The age of ten under suspicious circumstances. When Dmitri's death was announced by the ringing of the church bell, the population of Uglich rose up in order to protest against the suspected assassination, which it believed was commissioned by Boris Godunov. Troops swiftly quelled the rebellion. Godunov ordered the removal of the Uglich bell's clapper (the bell's "tongue"). He had the offending bell ringer flogged in public and exiled to Siberia along with
2312-420: The agricultural land in the region: the Rybno-Slobodsky butter-dairy plant "Vamin Tatarstan", the largest milk producer in the republic "Krasny Vostok - Agro", the agro-industrial center "RATSIN", and the foreign agricultural machinery concern " Sabagro "[3]. Their average investment volume is considered to be relatively small and amounts to 8,051 rubles per capitaя. Since 2018, the district has been implementing
2380-504: The death of Feodor I , the last of the Rurik dynasty . After the end of his reign, Russia descended into the Time of Troubles . Boris was the son of Feodor Ivanovich Godunov "Krivoy" ("the one-eyed") (died c. 1568–1570) and his wife Stepanida Ivanovna. His older brother Vasily died young and without issue. The 1552 Kazan Campaign occurred over summer and autumn. There is a version according to which
2448-412: The death of the childless Feodor on 7 January 1598, as well as the rumored assassination of Feodor's much younger brother Dimitry , supposedly ordered by Boris himself in order to guarantee his seat on the throne, self-preservation as much as ambition led to Boris' rise to power. Had he not done so, the mildest treatment he could have hoped for would have been lifelong seclusion in a monastery. His election
2516-446: The development of a network of glamping sites and the purchase of required equipment. Within the framework of another republic investment project "Five Winds" in the region, there are plans to build a sports and recreation camp with an occupancy of 200, a sailing school, sports and cinema hall as well as an all-season park for active family recreation and a camp site for 120 people. Meteorological studies were carried out in 2019 to assess
2584-440: The district death rate exceeded the birth rate by almost two times. The district also faces low birth rates with 153 children were born in 2016 and only 81 in 2017. Only 30.81% of the district's population lives in urban conditions (the village of Rybnaya Sloboda). The Rybno-Slobodsky municipal district is divided into 1 urban and 26 rural settlements with 78 settlements within them. Previously existing but abolished settlements of
2652-435: The district is 2053 km and its administrative center is located in the urban-type settlement Rybnaya Sloboda. The emblems on the regional coat of arms symbolize fishing which is a traditional craft of local residents. The blue color emphasizes the importance of water resources for the economy of the region, as well as honor, nobility, spirituality. Openwork fishing nets are a symbol of the lace and jewellery crafts developed in
2720-477: The district the P-239 "Kazan - Orenburg - border with Kazakhstan" leads to the bridge over the Kama along with the 16K-1091 "Shali - Sorochi Gory" "(Backup R-239 in the section from M-7 to Kama). The road Polyanka (R-239) - Rybnaya Sloboda - Bolshoi Mashlyak (M-7) runs through the district from the south-west to the north-east of the district. In 2017, two sections of the federal highway M-7 Kazan - Moscow were opened in
2788-534: The district. At the same time, more than 92% of the local population does not have access to bus or railway connections with the administrative center and there are no railway stations. Just over half of the roads in the district meet regulatory requirements. Parts of the district are located on the banks of the Kama River, which flows into the Kuybyshev Reservoir . The rivers Betka, Oshnyak, Shumbut flow through
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2856-399: The first stage of construction amounted to 6 million rubles. Another large farm in the region, Krug, is engaged in fish farming and fish processing. The annual catch of the plant is about 160 tons; the plant smokes most of its catch and delivers it to stores ready-made. At the beginning of 2020, a plant for breeding African Clarius catfish and catching river fish "Clarius" was opened, where it
2924-413: The first two plays in the first series of Tsar . The plays were broadcast on 11 and 18 September 2016. The 2018 Russian television miniseries Godunov (TV series) is a historical drama based on the lives of the Godunovs with a focus on Boris Godunov (played by Sergey Bezrukov ) and lasted for two seasons. The character Boris Badenov in the cartoon The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show takes his name from
2992-520: The need for Russia to catch up with the intellectual progress of the West and he did his best to bring about educational and social reforms. He was the first tsar to import foreign teachers on a large scale, the first tsar to send young Russians to be educated abroad, and the first tsar to allow Lutheran churches to be built in Russia. After the Russo–Swedish War (1590–1595) , he attempted to gain access to
3060-403: The potential for wind power generation capacity and renewable energy investment in the region, which is located next to a large body of water, resulting in estimates of a potential for 600 MW of production capacity. As of 2020 construction of a wind farm is planned in the area. The M-7 (Volga) “ Moscow - Kazan - Ufa ” highway passes through the north of the district. In the south-west of
3128-525: The production of marbled beef, which was supervised by State Duma deputy Ayrat Khairullin. Было объявлено о инвестициях в компанию в размере 1,3 млрд рублей. An investment in Krasny Vostok to the amount of 1.3 billion rubles was recently announced [36]. In 2019 the poultry enterprise "Rybno-Slobodskaya agrofirm " KAZ " specializing in geese breeding was opened on the territory of the Russian-Oshnyaksky rural settlement. The amount of declared investment for
3196-410: The project from the federal budget , 20 million from the Tatarstan budget. The beneficiaries of the project were the companies of Valeev's relatives. As a result of their embezzlement, construction was frozen due to lack of funds. After this incident, the president of the republic began to personally control the income of regional administrators. Five large agricultural investment groups occupy 46% of
3264-460: The region include the following: the villages of Bolshoi Atmas, Kolos, Nosovo and Tatarskoye Mordovo, and the villages of Baiteryakovo and Yamash. The average monthly salary of employees in the district is 25 941 rubles. Salaries of employees of municipal institutions of culture and art earn 29 987 rubles while employees of municipal educational institutions receive an average of 18 260 rubles monthly. There are several large industrial enterprises in
3332-480: The region including the Rybnoslobodsky butter-dairy plant, the fishery "Krug" (annual catch - about 160 tons) and the brick factory "Stroykeramika". The agricultural industry in the region is focused on meat and dairy farming and crop production. Spring wheat, winter rye, barley, oats, peas, and corn are among the main crops cultivated in the region. The total area of agricultural land in the Rybno-Slobodsky district
3400-636: The region, occupying 46% of agricultural land: Vamin Tatarstan, Krasny Vostok - Agro, Kulon, Ratsin, Saba Agro. In the north, the Rybno-Slobodsky district borders with the Pestrechinsky , Tyulyachinsky and Sabinsky districts, to the west it borders the Laishevsky district, and to the east the Mamadyshsky district. On the southern side, the region is separated by the river from the Chistopolsky and Alekseevsky districts of Tatarstan. The total land area of
3468-528: The region. 13% of the district's territory is covered by Temperate deciduous forest which is primarily composed of Centaurea , iris sibirica , potamogeton , ranunculus lingua , epipactis atrorubens , potentilla erecta . To the west-east of the Shumbut River there is a hunting reserve with an area of 12.5 thousand hectares. The reserve contains game such as elk, wild boar, beaver, fox, raccoon dogs , badgers and other animals. The Rybno-Slobodskoy region
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#17328808503303536-429: The region: fish-settlement laces are distinguished by a clear pattern, with a predominance of geometric patterns. The gold color symbolizes harvest, wealth, stability, respect, and silver - purity, perfection, peace and understanding. The flag of the area was designed on the basis of the coat of arms and is a blue cloth, which depicts a white fishing net and a yellow beluga on the background. The village Rybnaya Sloboda
3604-609: The repair will begin in May 2019 and will end in September 2020. During this period, the State Duma was temporarily housed in the House of Unions . In addition, a draft of a new conference room, which would be an amphitheatre , was presented. After the 2021 elections , in addition to the four main parties, the New People party was also elected to the State Duma. Thus, for the first time since 1999,
3672-674: The score of a 1710 baroque opera based on the reign of Boris by German composer Johann Mattheson was rediscovered in Armenia and returned to Hamburg, Germany. This opera, never performed during the composer's lifetime, had its world premiere in 2005 at the Boston Early Music Festival & Exhibition. Boris was portrayed on BBC Radio 4 by Shaun Dooley in the radio plays Ivan the Terrible: Absolute Power and Boris Godunov: Ghosts written by Mike Walker and which were
3740-422: The second half of the 1990s, the Duma became an important forum for lobbying by regional leaders and businessmen looking for tax breaks and legislative favors. The work of the leading committees, such as those for defense, foreign affairs, or budget, attracted a good deal of media attention and lobbying activity. In the early 2000s, following the 1999 parliamentary elections , the pro-presidential Unity party and
3808-441: The skating rink with the opening currently scheduled for 2021. Boris Godunov Boris Feodorovich Godunov ( / ˈ ɡ ɒ d ən ɒ f , ˈ ɡ ʊ d ən ɒ f / ; Russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов ; 12 August [ O.S. 2 August] 1552 – 23 April [ O.S. 13 April] 1605) was the de facto regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following
3876-414: The townspeople who had not been executed. An official commission which was headed by Vasili Shuiski was sent to determine the cause of the boy's death. The official verdict was that the boy had cut his throat during an epileptic seizure. Ivan's widow claimed that her son had been murdered by Godunov's agents. Godunov's guilt was never established and shortly thereafter, Dmitri's mother was forced to take
3944-515: The veil. Dmitry Ivanovich was laid to rest and promptly, though temporarily, forgotten. At the coronation of Feodor Ivanovich as Tsar Feodor I on 31 May 1584, Boris received honors and riches as a member of the regency council , in which he held the second place during the life of the Tsar's uncle Nikita Romanovich . When Nikita died in 1586, Boris had no serious rival for the regency. A group of other boyars and Dionysius II, Metropolitan of Moscow , conspired to break Boris's power by divorcing
4012-415: The voting is open and the electronic method is used. While not all votes are officially roll call votes, every time a deputy electronically votes a computer registers the individual deputy's vote. Any Russian citizen who is age 21 or older is eligible to participate in the election may be elected deputy to the State Duma. However, that same person may not be a deputy to the Federation Council. In addition,
4080-546: The wife of his second son and eventual heir, Feodor Ivanovich (1557–1598). On this occasion, Godunov was promoted to the rank of boyar . On 15 November 1581, Godunov was present when the Tsar murdered his own eldest son, the crown prince Ivan . Godunov tried to intervene but received blows from the Tsar's sceptre. The elder Ivan immediately repented, and Godunov rushed to get help for the Tsarevich, who died four days later. Three years later, on his deathbed, Ivan IV appointed
4148-487: Was Russia's first elected parliament. The first two attempts by Tsar Nicholas II (1868–1918) to make it active were ineffective. Subsequently, each of these Dumas was dissolved after only a few months. The third Duma was the only one to last until the end of its five-year term. After the 1907 electoral reform, the third Duma, elected in November 1907, was largely made up of members of the upper classes, as radical influences in
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#17328808503304216-415: Was convicted of abuse of power. In 2018, Ildar Tazutdinov was appointed as the new head of the district. As of 2020, the district had a population of 25,052. The ethnic composition of the region is 78.5% Tatars, 20% Russians, 1.5% other nationalities. In 2019, the Rybno-Slobodsky district recorded the worst fertility-to-mortality ratio in the region with elderly residents composing 26.5% of the population and
4284-456: Was formed at the end of the 16th century by the decree of Boris Godunov . It was erected near a fort which was intended to secure the external borders of the Russian state on the right bank of the Kama river. The settlement received its name in honor of the national fishing industry, which was practiced by many residents of the Kama villages. Rybno-Slobodsky District as an administrative unit within
4352-639: Was given the name "Olga" upon being forced to take monastic vows at the Voskresensky Monastery in Beloozero and her name is inscribed as "the Nun Olga Borisovna" at the crypt of the Godunovs at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius where she lived from 1606, when she sojourned there to attend the reburial of her father, until her death in 1622. Boris, his wife, and their children are buried together in
4420-519: Was initially 2 years in the 1993–1995 elections period, and 4 years in 1999–2007 elections period; since the 2011 elections the term length is 5 years. The history of the duma dates back to the boyar dumas of Kievan Rus' and Muscovite Russia as well Tsarist Russia. The State Duma of the Russian Empire was founded in 1905 after the violence and upheaval in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and
4488-578: Was opened, restoring natural living conditions for these endangered species. In 2020, Rybno-Slobodsky District became part of the tourist route "1001 Pleasure", which also includes Kamskoye Ustye , Kukmor , Bogatye Saby , Bolgar , Yelabuga , Mamadysh , Chistopol , Almetyevsk and Arsk . In addition to tourism, sports projects are being actively developed in the region such as the Ice Palace with an area of 3.1 thousand square meters currently under construction. About 273 million rubles have been invested in
4556-510: Was proposed by Patriarch Job of Moscow , who believed that Boris was the only man who was able to cope with the difficulties of the situation. Boris, however, would only accept the throne from the Zemsky Sobor (national assembly), which met on 17 February and unanimously elected him on 21 February. On 1 September, he was solemnly crowned tsar . During the first years of his reign, he was both popular and prosperous, and ruled well. He recognized
4624-464: Was used to elect Duma. The system was restored back in February 2014 from a party-list proportional representation system enacted in 2003 with an increased threshold of 7% which was lowered this time to 5%. According to the law adopted in 2014 the Russian territory is divided into constituencies which are used for elections of single candidates per constituency. However, a single "united" constituency
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