Assembly of the Nobility () was a self-governing body of the sosloviye (estate) of the

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from 1766 to 1917. Their official status was defined by the

Charter to the Gentry Charter for the Rights, Freedoms, and Privileges of the Noble Russian Gentry also called Charter to the Gentry or Charter to the Nobility was a charter issued in 1785 by the Russian empress Catherine II. The Charter recognized that the gentry owne ...

in 1785. The Nobility Assemblies were at the guberniya and

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levels. Sometimes it is also translated as Gentry Assembly. The chair of an Assembly of Nobility was called Gubernia (Uyezd) Marshal of Nobility. These Assemblies governed both the dvoryanstvo itself and took part in the governing of local affairs of the whole society, such as the election of the persons to the posts in local administration and police. After the

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and subsequent reforms, their purpose became mostly affairs of the nobility. This institution ceased to exist in Russia after the

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. After the

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, in 1990 the descendants of Russian

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...

founded the Russian Assembly of Nobility, a public non-political organization.

Clubhouse

Assemblies of nobility typically had

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houses also called "Assembly of Nobility", colloquially referred to as "the Assembly" (собрание) among the peers. The most famous one was that of the Moscow Assembly of the Nobility; the building is now known as the

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