Congress of Soviets
Congress of Soviets was the supreme governing body of the RSFSR since 1917 and later of the USSR. The initial full name was Congress of Soviets of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies. It is also known as Congress of People's Deputies.
Congress of Soviets was an assembly of representatives of local councils elected by workers, peasants and soldiers. In theory, it was the supreme power of Soviet State, an organ of the dictatorship of the proletariat. No burgeoise, no noble, no aristocrat, no priest had right to wote. Only working people. Congress of Soviets created laws and elected the Council of People's Commissars, which was the government.
In the interim its functions were performed by designated executive bodies, see Supreme Soviet.
Since the times of Stalin, the Congress of Soviets in fact rubberstamped the decisions of the CPSU and served as a propaganda tribune.
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