Boyar Duma

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The Boyar Duma was a group of Russian boyars who advised the Grand Prince of Moscow and later the Russian Tsar. The Duma was founded around the time of Ivan III until the reign of Peter the Great. [1]

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  1. ^ Bushkovitch, Paul (2011). A Concise History of Russia. Cambridge Concise Histories. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139033206. ISBN 978-0-521-83562-6.