Question

Do you think Vladimir I. Lenin was justified in closing down the democratically elected constituent assembly in January 1918? Why or why not?

Answer 1

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The All Russian Constituent Assembly (Всероссийское Учредительное собрание, Vserossiyskoye Uchreditelnoye sobraniye) was a constitutional body convened in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917. 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 All-Russian Central Executive Committee,[2][3][4][5] making the Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets the new governing body of Russia.[6][7][8]