Parliaments in the late Russian empire, revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union

"This book examines the meanings that were attached to the terms "parliament" and "parliamentarism" in the different historical and discursive contexts of the late Russian Empire, revolutionary and Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Union. It discusses those institutions referred...

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Main Author: Sablin, Ivan (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: London New York Routledge 2024
Series:Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe
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Author Notes:Ivan Sablin
Table of Contents:
  • Representation of the people : the making of the State Duma, 1905-1907
  • Legislative chambers : the State Duma and the State Council, 1907-1917
  • A parliamentary revolution : postimperial assemblies, 1917-1918
  • An antiparliamentary revolution : the RSFSR Congress of Soviets and the Central Executive Committee, 1918-1922
  • An alternative to parliament : the USSR Congress of Soviets and the Central Executive Committee, 1923-1934
  • A socialist parliament : the making of the Supreme Soviet and its functions, 1935-1954
  • The supreme body of state power : the Supreme Soviet normalized and contested, 1955-1985
  • Soviet parliamentarism : the Supreme Soviet and the Congress of People's Deputies, 1985-1991.