The 6th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) was held during 26 July - 3 August (N.S. 8-16 August 1917) in Petrograd, Russia.
Held semi-legally in between revolutions, this is the first congress to take place in Russia since the first one and the last not to be held in Moscow. The party merged with the Mezhraiontsy.
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