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St. Petersburg Soviet of Workers’ Deputies (1905) |
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Elected from all workers in the town |
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Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies (1917) competed
for power with the official Provisional Government |
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Lenin advocated “not a parliamentary republic,
but a republic of Soviets of Workers’ and Peasants’ Deputies
throughout the country, from top to bottom”
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The Soviets were the representative organs of the popular masses |
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“Elections” to Soviets were uncontested |
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A Soviet “elected” a set of executive officials to manage the
government in its jurisdiction
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