Congress of Soviets
The Congress of Soviets was the supreme governing body of the
The more precise modern English translation of "s'yezd" (съезд) would be convocation, not congress, making the more precise translation of the full term "Convocation of Councils" rather than "Congress of Soviets".
Russia and the Soviet Union
The Congress of Soviets was an assembly of representatives of local councils. In theory, it was the supreme power of the Soviet State, an organ of the
By the time of
- Eighth All-Russia Congress of Soviets December 29, 1920
Ukraine
The
China
The Chinese Communist Party had convened the National Congress of Chinese Soviets of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies in Ruijin, a city in Jiangxi Province on November 7, 1931. The National Congress of Chinese Soviets is the forerunner to the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.
See also
- 1918 Soviet Constitution
- 1924 Soviet Constitution
- 1977 Soviet Constitution
- Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
References
Bibliography
- Schapiro, L. (1977). The Origin of the Communist Autocracy: Political Opposition in the Soviet State; First Phase 1917-1922 (2nd Edition). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Further reading
- Bibliography of the Russian Revolution and Civil War § Government
- Bibliography of Stalinism and the Soviet Union § Government
- Bibliography of the Post Stalinist Soviet Union § Government