The Development of Regional Parliamentary in Russia (On the Example of the Last Lensoviet and the First Convocations of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg)

The article examines the processes of formation of a new regional parliamentary in the last decade of the XX – early XXI century on the example of the Leningrad City Council of the XXI convocation, which operated in 1990–1993 and the first two convocations of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (1995–2003). Leningrad (since September 1991 – St. Petersburg Council of People's Deputies) It was rather an attempt to put into practice the slogan “All power to the Soviets”, or an authority operating in a purely parliamentary republic. At the same time, it became an important school of parliamentary, which allowed sixteen of its former deputies, elected in 1994 as deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg of the first convocation, to become the basis for its successful activities, culminating in the development and adoption of a well-balanced Charter of St. Petersburg. An important characteristic of the activities of the first two convocations of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg was also the absence of any dominant factions in its composition.