Council of the Russian Republic

Council of the Russian Republic
Временный совет Российской республики  (Russian)
Legislative body in the Russian Republic
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Type
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History
Established 1917
Disbanded 1917
Preceded by State Duma
Succeeded by Russian Constituent Assembly
Seats 313 members
555 members
Meeting place
Tauride Palace, Petrograd

Council of the Russian Republic (Russian: Временный совет Российской республики, (also known as Pre-parliament) was a legislative assembly of the Russian Republic. It convened at the Marinsky Palace on October 20, 1917, but was dissolved by the Bolsheviks on November, 7/8, 1917. It was headed by a presidium of five members with Nikolay Avksentiev (Social-Revolutionary) as president.


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