United Nobility

United Nobility (Russian: Объединённое дворянство; Ob'yedinennoye dvoryanstvo) was a political association active in the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1917. The organisation consisted of the Russian nobility and gentry. United Nobility was one of several landowners' organisations which were established in the wake of the Russian Peasants' uprising of 1905–1906, and the largest estates joined these groups as a part of a larger "gentry reaction" to the violence directed towards Russian squires. Its leader was Count Aleksei Bobrinsky, brother-in-law of later Prime Minister Georgy Lvov. It was established to defend the property rights and the domination in local politics of the gentry.

The organisation had a strong presence in the State Council, with one third of all seats being held by a member, and prevented the passing of liberal reforms from the Duma. It had powerful supporters in the State Council, the Civil Service and the Tsar's court. The organisation led a campaign against the liberal reform proposals of the Duma. After 1905 it became the 'firmest pillar of autocracy'.