# 22 - The Life and Death of the Constituent Assembly

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Published: 2026-02-16T13:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This one is in the title, folks. Please consider supporting me on Patreon at patreon.com/sovietpod or buymeacoffee.com/sovietpod. Sources: Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks In Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007. Znamensky, O. N. Vserossiiskoe Uchrezhditelnoe Sobranie: Istoria Sozyva i Krushenia. Nauka Publshers, 1976. Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged: Lenin 1917-1923. Haymarket Books, 2012. Carr, E. H. The Bolshevik Revolution: 1917-1923, vol. I. Pelican Books, 1966.

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