title: Electoral Manipulations of the RCP(b) During the Elections to the V All-Russian Congress of Soviets
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metadata.value: Kontsevoy, I. A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-12-29T23:41:05Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-12-29T23:41:05Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Kontsevoy I. A. ‘Electoral Manipulations of the RCP(b) During the Elections to the V All-Russian Congress of Soviets’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 12, no. 3, 2022, pp. 636–655. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2022.307 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2022.307
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38808
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metadata.value: The process of electing delegates to the V All-Russian Congress of Soviets in July 1918 was an important
  event of the first year of Soviet power in Russia, since the fate of the foreign and domestic policies of the
  revolutionary state depended on the decision of this representative forum. The study of the election of delegates
  to this Congress has been conducted only sporadically, as earlier scholars considered some examples of electoral
  manipulations of the RCP(b) and showed the political interaction of parties in regional Soviets. However,
  a detailed study of the election process to the Congress of Soviets in the context of the Bolsheviks’ electoral
  manipulations has not yet been carried out. The novelty of this study concludes in the comprehensive analysis
  of the electoral manipulations of the RCP(b) during the process of electing delegates to the Congress, as well
  as in reviewing the activities of the credentials committee of this congress. Numerous archival documents show
  that representatives of the Bolshevik Party controlled the process of electing delegates to the Congress, which
  was expressed in the direction of the co-opted delegates from local RCP(b) organizations to the Congress and in
  refusal to many left Social Revolutionaries in obtaining mandates with the right to vote. These electoral manipulations
  were carried out both by the local party leaders of the RCP(b) and by the leadership of the Bolshevik Party.
  As a result of the study, it was found that in some cases the credentials committee of the Congress of Soviets
  acted in accordance with the interests of the RCP(b), giving the Bolshevik delegates the right to decide votes from
  Soviets that did not have this right.
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metadata.value: This article is an output of a research project implemented as part of the Basic Research Program at the National
  Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 12; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Bolsheviks
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Left Socialist revolutionaries
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: All-Russian Congress of Soviets
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet power
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: soviets
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: elections
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: election manipulations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political struggle
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Vyatka Region
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Mogilev Region
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Electoral Manipulations of the RCP(b) During the Elections to the V All-Russian Congress of Soviets
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metadata.value: Article
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