Russian Constituent Assembly
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The All Russian Constituent Assembly[lower-alpha 1] (Russian: Всероссийское учредительное собрание, romanized: Vserossiyskoye uchreditelnoye sobraniye) was a constituent assembly convened in Russia after the February Revolution of 1917. It met for 13 hours, from 4 p.m. to 5 a.m., 18–19 January [O.S. 5–6 January] 1918, whereupon it was dissolved by the Bolshevik-led All-Russian Central Executive Committee,[2][3][4][5] proclaiming the Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets the new governing body of Russia.[6][7][8]
All-Russian Constituent Assembly Всероссийское Учредительное собрание | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Established | 1917 |
Disbanded | 1918 |
Preceded by | Council of the Russian Republic |
Succeeded by | VTsIK All-Russian Congress of Soviets Provisional All-Russian Government Both VTsIK and Congress had also governed Russia since the October Revolution |
Leadership | |
Chairman of the Constituent Assembly | |
Structure | |
Seats | 767 |
Political groups | Others: 64 seats |
Elections | |
Direct multi-party elections via the proportional representation system (D'Hondt method was used to allocate seats in 81 multi-member districts) | |
Last election | 25 November 1917 |
Meeting place | |
Tauride Palace |
The 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election did not produce a democratically elected government, as the Bolsheviks, who were in power since the October Revolution which occurred prior to the election, subsequently disbanded the Constituent Assembly and proceeded to rule the country as a one-party state with all opposition parties outlawed.[9][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Some scholars have had a differing view and attributed the establishment of the one-party system in the Soviet Union to the wartime conditions imposed on the Bolshevik government[10] and others have highlighted the initial attempts to form a coalition government with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries.[11]