Powers
The exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress consisted of:
- Election of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee
- Adoption of the Constitution of the Russian SFSR and amendments to it.
- Approval of amendments proposed by VTsIK
- Approval of the ASSR's constitution
On the other issues the Congress and Central Executive Committee had the same authority.
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