Constituent Assembly
제헌의회
The Constituent Assembly in revolutionary Russia was a representative body elected by universal suffrage, convened to draft a constitution and determine Russia's form of government. In the November 1917 election the Socialist Revolutionaries won a plurality, but the Assembly clashed directly with the Soviet power held by the Bolsheviks. It met for a single session of 13 hours at the Tauride Palace on 5 January 1918 before being forcibly dissolved by the Bolshevik-led All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
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- Wikipedia (EN) Wikipedia: detailed account of the election, the 13-hour session, the Bolshevik dissolution, and the Samara Komuch aftermath
- Wikipedia (RU) Russian Wikipedia: confirmation of the federal democratic republic proclamation, land law, and dissolution by VTsIK on 6 (19) January 1918
- Marxists Internet Archive Lenin's Speech On The Dissolution Of The Constituent Assembly (6 January 1918): primary source for the Bolshevik justification of dissolution
- britannica.com Britannica: confirms election results (SR 40%, Bolsheviks under 25%), the rejection of Soviet authority, and dissolution on 18–19 January 1918