THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY RHETORIC IN RUSSIA AND MODERN PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION

Abstract

Parliamentary rhetoric studies the peculiarities of the creation and functioning of public statements in parliament. It is reasonable to assume that parliamentary rhetoric in Russia arises simultaneously with the emergence of the parliament as a representative body of power. However, even before the establishment of the parliament, at certain stages of the development of the state, there were legislative bodies that served as a platform for discussing important public issues, for example the old Russian Veche, the Boyar Duma, the Zemsky Sobor, the Senate, and the State Council. The first part of the article traces the history of the development of such authorities from ancient Rus to our time, including analysis of the state of rhetoric in each of the considered periods. The second part of the article examines the structure of parliamentary communication in the State Duma of the Russian Empire and in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The characteristic of parliamentary speech is given based on the model of speech act of R. Jacobson. The article ends with the conclusions about the specifics of parliamentary rhetoric in the Russian representative body of power. In particular, it is noted that the audience and addressee of a parliamentary speech are different: speeches are delivered to the participants of the plenary session, but the final addressee of speeches is the society represented by potential voters.