Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets

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The Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets was a key 1918 gathering of Soviet representatives that helped consolidate Bolshevik power during the Russian Civil War and shape the early Soviet state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf All-Russian Congress of Soviets
political congress
appliesToJurisdiction Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
context aftermath of the October Revolution
implementation of Soviet power across Russia
country Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
dateOfLeftSRUprising 1918-07-06
describedBySource Soviet historical literature
Western historiography on the Russian Civil War
elects All-Russian Central Executive Committee NERFINISHED
endTime 1918-07-10
followedBy Sixth All-Russian Congress of Soviets NERFINISHED
follows Fourth All-Russian Congress of Soviets NERFINISHED
hasCause political struggle between Bolsheviks and Left Socialist-Revolutionaries
hasEffect centralization of Soviet state power
marginalization of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries
strengthening of Bolshevik control over Soviets
historicalPeriod Russian Civil War NERFINISHED
early Soviet era
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
legislativeBody All-Russian Central Executive Committee NERFINISHED
location Bolshevik-controlled Russia NERFINISHED
Moscow
opposition Left Socialist-Revolutionaries NERFINISHED
Mensheviks NERFINISHED
organizer Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) NERFINISHED
participant Bolsheviks NERFINISHED
Left Socialist-Revolutionaries NERFINISHED
Mensheviks NERFINISHED
Socialist-Revolutionaries NERFINISHED
representatives of peasants
representatives of soldiers
representatives of workers
partOf Russian Civil War period
early Soviet state formation
pointInTime July 1918
politicalAlignment Bolshevik majority
presidedOverBy Yakov Sverdlov NERFINISHED
significance helped consolidate Bolshevik power
marked break between Bolsheviks and Left SRs
shaped early Soviet state institutions
significantEvent Left Socialist-Revolutionary uprising of July 1918 NERFINISHED
consolidation of Bolshevik power
startTime 1918-07-04
topic policies during the Russian Civil War
relations with peasantry
state structure of the RSFSR
war and peace policy

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Constitution of the RSFSR (1918) adoptedBy Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets