History GCSE
Constituent Assembly
What Constituent Assembly means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Constituent Assembly
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An elected body whose November 1917 elections resulted in a majority for the Socialist Revolutionaries and which Lenin forcibly dissolved in January 1918 after one day.
Topics that use Constituent Assembly
- Option 30: Key topic 2: The Bolsheviks in power, 1917–24 - 1 Early consolidation of power, 1917–18 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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