1st State Duma

State Duma of the Russian Federation
of the 1st convocation
State Duma of the Russian Federation; of the 1st convocation
	Seat composition of the 1st State Duma
Overview
Meeting place	Comecon Building, New Arbat Avenue, 36; State Duma Building, Okhotny Ryad Street, 1
Term	11 January 1994 – 17 January 1996
Election	1993 parliamentary election
Government	23 committees
Website	State Duma
Members	444 / 450
Chairman	Ivan Rybkin ; (from Agrarian Party)
Sessions
1st
1st	11 January 1994 – 22 July 1994
2nd	5 October 1994 – 23 December 1994
3rd	11 January 1995 – 21 July 1995
4th	4 October 1995 – 22 December 1995

The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 1st convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации I созыва) is a former convocation of the State Duma, Lower House of the Federal Assembly. The first few months, the State Duma was located in the Comecon building on New Arbat Avenue, then moved to the State Duma building on Okhotny Ryad.

Leadership

On January 14, 1994, the parliament elected Agrarian Ivan Rybkin as the Chairman of the State Duma. Before his election, the session was moderated by the oldest deputy, 68-year-old Liberal Democrat Georgy Lukava.

Office	MP		Period
Chairman		Ivan Rybkin	14 January 1994 – 17 January 1996	Agrarian Party
First Deputy Chairman		Mikhail Mityukov	17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996	Choice of Russia
Deputy Chairmen		Valentin Kovalyov	17 January 1994 – 18 January 1995	Communist Party
	Gennady Seleznyov	25 January 1995 – 17 January 1996		Communist Party
		Alexander Vengerovsky	17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996	Liberal Democratic Party
		Alevtina Fedulova	17 January 1994 – 17 January 1996	Women of Russia
		Artur Chilingarov	10 June 1994 – 17 January 1996	New Regional Policy

Chairman election

The first round was held on 13 January 1994 by rating voting using an open ballot. The runoff was conducted by secret ballot on the next day, before which Yury Vlasov endorsed Ivan Rybkin.

Candidate		Faction	First ballot		Second ballot
Votes	%	Votes	%
	Y Ivan Rybkin	Agrarian Party	233	52.5%	223	50.2%
	Yury Vlasov	Independent	200	45.0%	23	5.2%
	Vladimir Lukin	Yabloko	176	39.6%
	Vladimir Medvedev	New Regional Policy	145	32.7%
	Sergey Kovalyov	Choice of Russia	138	31.1%
	Alexander Braginsky	Union of December 12	86	19.4%
Source:

Factions and groups

Parliamentary groups created by eight parties that passed the 5% electoral threshold were known as factions (фракции) and were given official status regardless of their vote share in the chamber, while groups created by independent deputies and party switchers were required to have at least 35 members to keep their registration.

	Seats (at dissolution)	Leader
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia	55	Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Agrarian Party of Russia	51	Mikhail Lapshin
Choice of Russia	47	Yegor Gaidar
Communist Party of the Russian Federation	46	Gennady Zyuganov
New Regional Policy	36	Vladimir Medvedev
Russia	36	Igor Shichanin
Stability	36	Aleksey Leushkin
Yabloko	27	Grigory Yavlinsky
Women of Russia	20	Yekaterina Lakhova
Party of Russian Unity and Accord	12	Sergey Shakhray
Liberal Democratic Union of 12 December (unregistered)	11	Boris Fyodorov
Russian Way (unregistered)	11	Sergey Baburin
Democratic Party of Russia	10	Stanislav Govorukhin
Derzhava (unregistered)	4	Viktor Kobelev
Independents	38
Vacant	10

Committees

23 committees operated in the State Duma of the 1st convocation.

Committee	Chair
Law, Judicial and Legal Reform	Vladimir Isakov	Agrarian Party
Labour and Social Welfare	Sergey Kalashnikov	Liberal Democratic Party
Budget, Taxes, Banking and Finance	Mikhail Zadornov	Yabloko
Economic Policy	Sergey Glazyev	Democratic Party
Property, Privatization and Economic Activity	Sergey Burkov	New Regional Policy
Information Policy and Communications	Mikhail Poltoranin	Choice of Russia
Industry, Construction, Transport and Energy	Vladimir Gusev	Liberal Democratic Party
Education, Culture and Science	Lyubov Rozhkova	New Regional Policy
Health	Bela Denisenko	Choice of Russia
Women, Family and Youth	Galina Klimantova	Women of Russia
Agrarian Issues	Aleksandr Nazarchuk	Agrarian Party
Agrarian Issues	Alexey Chernyshyov	Agrarian Party
Defence	Sergey Yushenkov	Choice of Russia
Security	Viktor Ilyukhin	Communist Party
Foreign Affairs	Vladimir Lukin	Yabloko
CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots	Konstantin Zatulin	Democratic Party
Organization of the State Duma	Vladimir Bauer	New Regional Policy
Geopolitics	Viktor Ustinov	Stability
Federation Affairs and Regional Policy	Sergey Shapovalov	Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Local Government	Anatoly Sliva	Party of Russian Unity and Accord
Ecology	Mikhail Lemeshev	Liberal Democratic Party
Natural Resources and Land Use	Nikolay Astafyev	Liberal Democratic Party
Public Associations and Religious Organizations	Viktor Zorkaltsev	Communist Party
Nationalities	Bair Zhamsuyev	Stability

Major legislation

Federal Constitutional Law "On the Constitutional Court" (21 July 1994)
Civil Code of Russia (21 October 1994)
Arbitration Procedure Code of Russia (5 April 1995)
Federal Constitutional Law "On the referendum" (7 July 1995)
Water Code of Russia (16 November 1995)
Family Code of Russia (8 December 1995)

References

↑ The State Duma of the 1st convocation^{[link removed]}
↑ "The first few months, the State Duma was placed not on Okhotny Ryad, where repair was, and on the New Arbat, in the building of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance". Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
↑ The State Duma in Russia's recent history
↑ "Leadership of the State Duma of the first convocation (1994-1995)". politika.su (in Russian).
1 2 "Фракции и группы в Государственной Думе первого созыва (1994-1995)". politika.su (in Russian). 2000. Retrieved 23 October 2026.

[1] The State Duma of the 1st convocation^{[link removed]}

[2] "The first few months, the State Duma was placed not on Okhotny Ryad, where repair was, and on the New Arbat, in the building of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance". Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-03-22.

[3] The State Duma in Russia's recent history

[4] "Leadership of the State Duma of the first convocation (1994-1995)". politika.su (in Russian).

[frac-5] 1 2 "Фракции и группы в Государственной Думе первого созыва (1994-1995)". politika.su (in Russian). 2000. Retrieved 23 October 2026.