The book traces in detail the history of the preparation, establishment and functioning of the State Duma - the first parliament of Russia. The work was written on the basis of the study of shorthand reports of meetings of the Duma, archival materials, articles, correspondence, memoirs of such political figures of that era as Stolypin, Witte, Milyukov, Maklakov, Kerensky, Rodzianko and others. The publication is an excellent guide to the study of parliamentarism in Russia. Also interesting and wide readership.