Dissolution of the Russian Constituent Assembly

January 19, 1918

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Dissolution of the Russian Constituent Assembly

The Bolshevik-led All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) dissolved Russia's first democratically elected parliament after a single 13-hour session (18-19 January 1918) at the Tauride Palace. The Socialist Revolutionaries had won the November 1917 election; Lenin pushed for dissolution and the VTsIK ratified it on 19 January, closing the last legal avenue of opposition.

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Commanders

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Vladimir Lenin Leader of the Bolsheviks, Pushed for dissolution; the VTsIK ratified it after his speech · 1870–1924 Yakov Sverdlov Chairman of the VTsIK, Presided over the session that dissolved the Assembly · 1885–1919

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  • Bolsheviks — Dispersed the SR-majority Assembly by force