All-Russian Congress of Soviets - Election

Election

See also: Democratic centralism

The Congress was formed of representatives of city councils (soviets) (1 delegate per 25,000 voters) and the congresses of the provincial (oblast) and autonomous republican council (1 deputy for every 125 thousand inhabitants).

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