The All Russian Constituent Assembly (Всероссийское Учредительное собрание Vserossiiskoe Uchreditelnoe sobranie) was a constitutional body convened in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917. It is generally recognized as the first democratically elected legislative body of any kind in Russian history. It met for 13 hours from 4 p.m. to 5 a.m. 18–19 January [O.S. 5–6 January] 1918 whereupon it was dissolved by the Bolshevik-Left SR coalition government.
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last election date
1917-11-25
leader
Viktor Chernov
legislative period name
Russia, Declared by Assembly to be Russian Democratic Federative Republic but its foundation was [[#Dissolving
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