All-Russian Congress of Soviets
전러시아 소비에트 대회
The supreme governing body of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) from 1917 to 1936. Composed through indirect multi-stage elections (one delegate per 25,000 urban voters, one per 125,000 provincial inhabitants) it held supreme authority under the 1918 and 1925 RSFSR constitutions: amending the constitution, ratifying peace treaties, and electing the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and Council of People's Commissars. The Second Congress (November 1917) ratified the October Revolution and adopted the Decrees on Peace and Land; the institution was abolished in the 1936 constitutional reform and replaced by the Supreme Soviet.
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- Wikipedia (EN) Institution overview: evolution from 1917 to 1936 as RSFSR supreme body, composition, jurisdiction, and replacement by Supreme Soviet under 1936 Constitution.
- Wikipedia (RU) Russian article: chronology of 17 Congresses, constitutional authority under 1918 and 1925 RSFSR constitutions, exclusive power to amend constitution and ratify peace treaties, indirect multi-stage elections.
- Marxists Internet Archive 1918 RSFSR Constitution, Article 24: "The All-Russian Congress of Soviets is the supreme power of the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic." Defines composition (Art. 25), convocation (Art. 26–27), and relationship to VTsIK (Art. 28–30).