Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets

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The Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets was a key early Soviet assembly in 1918 that consolidated Bolshevik power by approving the Declaration of the Rights of the Working and Exploited People and adopting the first Soviet constitution.

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instanceOf All-Russian Congress of Soviets
political congress
adopted 1918 Constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
first Soviet constitution
approvedDocument Declaration of the Rights of the Working and Exploited People
basic principles of nationalization of banks and large industry
fundamental law on socialization of land
approvedPrinciple abolition of exploitation of man by man
dictatorship of the proletariat and poorest peasantry
transfer of power to Soviets of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
determined structure of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
supreme authority of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets and its Central Executive Committee
endDate 1918-01-18
followedBy Fourth All-Russian Congress of Soviets
follows Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets
governmentTypeEstablished Soviet republic
historicalEra early Soviet period
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
legislativeBody All-Russian Congress of Soviets
location Petrograd
mainIdeology Bolshevism
Marxism–Leninism
partOf Russian Revolution of 1917–1923
linked to: Russian Revolution

formation of the Soviet state
politicalContext after October Revolution of 1917
during negotiations of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
politicalMajority Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
recognizedBodyAsSupremePower All-Russian Congress of Soviets
recognizedExecutiveBody All-Russian Central Executive Committee
recognizedHeadOfGovernmentOffice Council of People's Commissars
result formalization of Soviet federal structure
legal consolidation of Soviet power in Russia
significance consolidated Bolshevik power in early Soviet Russia
startDate 1918-01-10
timePeriod Russian Civil War era
topic Soviet system of government
peasants' rights
workers' rights
year 1918

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Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets followedBy Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets