Mossoviet on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The Mossoviet (Russian: Моссовет), an abbreviation of Moscow Soviet, (Московский Совет) was established following the
Between 1918 and 1941, these two administrations were perceived as two distinct, although related, bodies. The Mossovet (''Imeni Mossoveta'') title was appended to the names of different institutions as an honorary title ("in the name of Mossovet") referring to 1917 events, i.e.
*''Mossovet Theater'' (established 1924, and still operates under this name)
or as a sign of administrative control ("established by Mossovet") by the current administration, i.e.
*''Mossovet Architectural Workshops'' (established 1932)
*''Mossovet Kindergarten'' could mean a corporate kindergarten for City Hall staff, or any public kindergarten managed by the City
Designed in 1780s by Matvey Kazakov, it was shorn off its wings in 1939 and moved fourteen meters backward on rollers. By 1945 it was jacked up a story, joined to a smaller house built in 1930s, sandwiched between new ground and attic floors, and fitted with a high-arched portico.
The Mossoviet (Russian: Моссовет), an abbreviation of Moscow Soviet, (Московский Совет) was established following the February Revolution
The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...
. Initially it was a parallel, shadow city administration of Moscow, Russia run by left-wing parties. Following the October Revolution it became the city administration of Moscow throughout the Soviet period (1918–1991).
Initial period
The first meeting of the Moscow Soviet of Workers’ Deputies occurred on 1 March, 1917. The meeting was initially attended by 52 delegates from various factories, cooperative societies and trade unions. However when the meeting was reconvened in the evening after a short adjournment, the meeting had swollen to over six hundred delegates. An executive committee of 44 members was created under the leadership of Lev Khinchuk a member of theMenshevik
The Mensheviks (russian: меньшевики́, from меньшинство 'minority') were one of the three dominant factions in the Russian socialist movement, the others being the Bolsheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries.
The factions eme ...
faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP; in , ''Rossiyskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya rabochaya partiya (RSDRP)''), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party or the Russian Social Democratic Party, was a socialist pol ...
.
After the Bolshevik seizure of power
Between 1918 and 1941, these two administrations were perceived as two distinct, although related, bodies. The Mossovet (''Imeni Mossoveta'') title was appended to the names of different institutions as an honorary title ("in the name of Mossovet") referring to 1917 events, i.e.
*''Mossovet Theater'' (established 1924, and still operates under this name)
or as a sign of administrative control ("established by Mossovet") by the current administration, i.e.
*''Mossovet Architectural Workshops'' (established 1932)
*''Mossovet Kindergarten'' could mean a corporate kindergarten for City Hall staff, or any public kindergarten managed by the City
Designed in 1780s by Matvey Kazakov, it was shorn off its wings in 1939 and moved fourteen meters backward on rollers. By 1945 it was jacked up a story, joined to a smaller house built in 1930s, sandwiched between new ground and attic floors, and fitted with a high-arched portico.
References
{{Reflist 1917 establishments in Russia 1993 disestablishments in Russia 20th century in Moscow Legislatures of the Soviet Union Russian Revolution Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic