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Election

Russia · Revolution / Revolution of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1917Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1917

Nikolai Chkheidze27 February 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Factory and military delegates begin forming the Petrograd Soviet.

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky12 March 1917

Petrograd · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Is elected vice chairman of the Petrograd Soviet.

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky9 August 1917

Moscow · Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Provisional Government schedules Constituent Assembly elections for 12 Nov

Joseph Stalin23 September 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Party Central Committee approves the list of Bolshevik candidates to the Constituent Assembly, which includes Lenin and Stalin

Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky14 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

Elections to the Constituent Assembly, the Socialist Revolutionaries the largest party

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin25 November 1917

Revolution / Revolution of Russia

The Socialist Revolutionaries win 17.5 million votes. The Bolsheviks win 175 seats out of 707. In the Constituent Assembly elections the Bolsheviks win 9.8 of 41.7 million votes

Names involved

Alexander Fedorovich KerenskyJoseph StalinNikolai ChkheidzeVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin

Provenance

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