Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets

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The Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets was the revolutionary assembly of workers', soldiers', and peasants' deputies that convened in Petrograd in October 1917, endorsed the Bolshevik seizure of power, and established the new Soviet government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political congress ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
adopted Decree on Land ⓘ
Decree on Peace ⓘ
appeal to the workers, soldiers and peasants ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies ⓘ
BolshevikMajority yes ⓘ
boycottedBy Mensheviks ⓘ
Right Socialist Revolutionaries ⓘ
chairmanOfNewGovernment Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
convenedBy All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets ⓘ
convenedDuring storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
country Russian Republic ⓘ
elected All-Russian Central Executive Committee ⓘ
Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
endDate 1917-10-27 ⓘ
endDateNewStyle 1917-11-09 ⓘ
endDateOldStyle 1917-10-27 ⓘ
endorsed Bolshevik seizure of power ⓘ
established Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
Sovnarkom ⓘ
followedBy Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
governmentFormed Soviet government ⓘ
hasParticipant Bolsheviks ⓘ
Left Socialist Revolutionaries ⓘ
Mensheviks ⓘ
Socialist Revolutionaries ⓘ
peasants' deputies ⓘ
soldiers' deputies ⓘ
workers' deputies ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the formal beginning of Soviet rule in Russia ⓘ
keyFigure Grigory Zinoviev ⓘ
Leon Trotsky ⓘ
Lev Kamenev ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
Yakov Sverdlov ⓘ
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Russia ⓘ
location Petrograd ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad
numberOfDelegates about 670 ⓘ
partOf October Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
politicalAlignment Bolshevik-dominated ⓘ
precededBy First All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
presidedOverBy Lev Kamenev ⓘ
Yakov Sverdlov ⓘ
recognized transfer of power to the Soviets ⓘ
startDate 1917-10-25 ⓘ
startDateNewStyle 1917-11-07 ⓘ
startDateOldStyle 1917-10-25 ⓘ

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Decree on Land → issuedBy → Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
Decree on Peace → adoptedBy → Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
Decree on Peace → legislativeBody → Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies ⓘ
linked to: Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets → alsoKnownAs → Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies ⓘ
linked to: Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets
All-Russian Congress of Soviets → notableSession → Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets → follows → Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ