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Federation Council

upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia
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Summary

Federation Council is an upper house[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of upper house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,754 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Russia[3]
  • Headquarters location: Federation Council Building[4]
  • Part of: Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation[5]
  • Commons category: Federation Council[6]
  • Chairperson: Valentina Matviyenko[7]
  • Has part(s): member of the Federation Council of Russia[8]
  • Inception: January 1, 1993[9]
  • Official website: http://www.council.gov.ru/[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Federation Council (Russia)[11]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Russia[12]
  • Facet of: E-Government of Russia[13]
  • Number of seats: 200[14]
  • Main Wikidata property: P10047[15], P10964[16]
  • Position held by head of the organization: Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia[17]
  • Social media followers: 156,368[18], 146,335[19], 46,000[20], 167,288[21], 57,800[22], 165,843[23]

Why It Matters

Federation Council has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Alexander Karelin Alexander Lebed Alexander Rutskoy Anatoly Sobchak Boris Gromov Boris Nemtsov Dmitry Rogozin Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Mintimer Şäymief Murtaza Rajimov Reference book of the federation council Ruslan Aushev Russia Sergei Mironov Sergey Karjakin Suleyman Kerimov Tatyana Lebedeva Valentina Matviyenko Vitaly Mutko Yury Luzhkov

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Wiz KDDI · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Emblem of the Federation Council of Russia.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: Logo of the Federation Council (Russia).svg"
  2. 13w ago · Wiz KDDI · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Emblem of the Federation Council of Russia.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: Logo of the Federation Council (Russia, 2026).svg"
  3. 18w ago · Vladislav Khebnikov · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → Совет Федерации
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: Совет Федерации"
  4. 18w ago · Vladislav Khebnikov · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Russia
    Number of seats → {'amount': '+170'}, {'amount': '+200'}
    Main wikidata property → P10047, P10964
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.770833333333, 'lon': 37.604722222222}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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