Congress of People's Deputies
인민대의원대회
The highest body of state authority in the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. Created under Gorbachev's political reform, it consisted of 2,250 deputies: one-third reserved for public organizations such as the Communist Party and trade unions, two-thirds elected through competitive elections. Its live-televised sessions brought unprecedented openness to Soviet political life before the Congress dissolved itself in September 1991.
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- Wikipedia (EN) institutional structure, electoral mechanics, session timeline, self-dissolution
- Wikipedia (RU) Russian article confirming composition (2250 deputies, territorial/public-organization quotas), powers, and five-session chronology
- Marxists Internet Archive 1989 Progress Publishers monograph by Barabashev and Sheremet situating the Congress within perestroika-era democratization of Soviets