Constitution of the RSFSR (1918)

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The Constitution of the RSFSR (1918) was the first Soviet constitution, establishing a socialist state based on the dictatorship of the proletariat after the Bolshevik Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet constitution
constitution
legal document
adoptedBy Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets
adoptionDate 1918-07-10
adoptionPlace Moscow
appliesToJurisdiction RSFSR
cameIntoForce 1918-07-10
corePrinciple abolition of exploitation of man by man
dictatorship of the proletariat
rule of the soviets
country Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
definesStateAs dictatorship of the urban and rural proletariat and the poorest peasantry
Soviet Socialist Republics
surface form: socialist republic of soviets
deniesSuffrageTo bourgeoisie
clergy
employers of hired labor
former police and security officials of the tsarist regime
draftedBy Communist Party leadership
surface form: Bolshevik leadership
establishes Red Army as armed force of the workers and peasants
system of soviets of workers’, soldiers’ and peasants’ deputies
executiveBody Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
surface form: All-Russian Central Executive Committee

Council of People's Commissars
surface form: Council of People’s Commissars
followedBy Constitution of the RSFSR (1925)
Constitution of the Soviet Union
surface form: Constitution of the USSR (1924)
follows Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution
grantsSuffrageTo peasants not employing hired labor
soldiers
workers
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars
headOfStateTitle Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee
historicalSignificance first constitution of a socialist state in world history
ideology Marxism–Leninism
influencedBy Decree on Land
Decree on Peace
Karl Marx’s theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat
Vladimir Lenin’s writings on the state and revolution
language Russian
legalSystem socialist law
legislativeBody All-Russian Congress of Soviets
numberOfArticles 90
numberOfChapters 6
politicalOrientation socialism
precededBy laws of the Russian Provisional Government
proclaims abolition of private ownership of land
equality of men and women in rights
nationalization of land, forests, waters and natural resources
nationalization of large-scale industry, banks and transport
right of nations to self-determination up to secession
right to education
right to work
restricts freedom of assembly for exploiting classes
freedom of speech for exploiting classes

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Constitution of the RSFSR (1925) follows Constitution of the RSFSR (1918)