Volkonskii Vladimir( Duke - politician)
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Biography Volkonskii Vladimir
(born 1868), a large landowner in Tambov province. He served in the cavalry regiment, was zemstvos and Shatskii Marshal of the Nobility. In 1907, Mr.. elected to the State Duma III convocation of the Tambov province, and joined it to the first party of the moderate-right, then, during the formation of the Nationalist Party, to the latter. Since the first session and before the end of III State Duma Deputy Chairman was selected for this post was originally proposed by right-wing and moderate right-wing. In that position he displayed great energy, ability to quickly and end the debate quickly to a vote, such direction of the President's was the most convenient for the so-called Duma vermicelli. The same system he spent in relation to important bills, but here it often led to his conflicts with that one, then the other party (usually - from the left). Volkonskii almost equally often interrupted the speakers, right, as the left, proposed disciplinary punishment against the former, as against the second. Opposition considered it less closely presiding than Khomyakov Rodzianko, Kapustin, and sometimes greet him with applause actions (eg 23 November 1911). At the meeting on 24 November 1910. Volkonskii with the President's rostrum, . persuade the Duma to calm down, . told, . he happened to hear on the street talk of several working, . speaking, . they finished the dispute peacefully, . without the noise and abuse, . because they have not the State Duma, . and in response to laughter, . dealt from the ranks of members of the Duma, . added: "some are funny, . and I was hurt and, . and very embarrassing ", . May 18, 1910, . when the right priest Veraksin Karaulova called "hard labor", . Volkonskii with the President's rostrum said, . it does not make comments Veraksinu only because, . he said guard "is much better, . What could he reply, . Volkonskii ", . This led to thunderous applause at the left. In 1912, Mr.. Volkonskii elected from the Tambov province in the State Duma of the IV convocation, where he declared themselves as unaffiliated right and re-elected senior vice-chairman.
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