Conditions (Russia)

The Conditions (Russian: Кондиции, Konditsii, from Latin condicio) were an 18th-century legal document compiled by the Supreme Privy Council immediately after the death of Peter II and signed by Empress Anna of Russia in Mitau on 18 January 1730. It was giving substantial power to the Supreme Privy Council and some consider it to be the first constitutional project in Russian Empire. When the Empress returned to Russia, she revoked her approval of the Conditions and dissolved the Supreme Privy Council on the 20 February. The members of the council were removed from government and exiled or repressed.

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