Congress of People's Deputies of Russia

Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian SFSR
Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation

Съезд народных депутатов РСФСР
Съезд народных депутатов Российской Федерации
 Russia
(up to 25.12.1991, named the Russian SFSR)
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Type
Type
History
Established1990
Disbanded1993
Seats1,068 (at highest point)
638 (attended the 10th (Emergency) Congress)
Elections
Plurality voting system (direct elections via single-member districts)
Last election
4 March 1990
Meeting place
10th (Emergency) Congress at session in the Russian White House. 23 September 1993
White House (10th Congress)
Grand Kremlin Palace (1st-9th Congresses)

The Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian SFSR (Russian: Съезд народных депутатов РСФСР) and since 1992 Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation (Russian: Съезд народных депутатов Российской Федерации) was the supreme government institution in the Russian SFSR and in the Russian Federation from 16 May 1990 to 21 September 1993.[1] Elected on 4 March 1990 for a period of five years, it was dissolved (without constitutional authority) by presidential decree during the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 and ended de facto when the Russian White House was attacked on 4 October 1993. The Congress played an important role in some of the most important events in the history of Russia during this period, such as the declaration of state sovereignty of Russia within the USSR (June 1990), the rise of Boris Yeltsin, and economic reforms.

  1. ^ "Prosecutor's Office of Russia: Analysis of Legal Sources (1722–2015)". morebooks.de. Archived from the original on 2021-04-26.