Examples of Zemsky Sobor in the following topics:
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- Developed
the Zemsky Sobor, a Russian parliament, along with the council of the
nobles, known as the Chosen Council.
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- At the death of
Feodor Ivanovich, the last Rurikid Tsar, in 1598, his brother-in-law and trusted advisor,
Boris Godunov, was elected his successor by the Zemsky Sobor (Great
National Assembly).
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- Patriarch Philaret's son, Michael I, was voted into power by the zemsky sober in
July 1613, ending a long dynastic dispute.
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- Developing a more established hierarchy within the Russian Orthodox
Church, including a statute outlining the rights of the clergy and
establishing the sobor of bishops.