# Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly (1918)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1918-dissolution-of-the-constituent-assembly
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The Constituent Assembly, elected in November 1917 with the Socialist Revolutionaries as the largest party, met once on 18 January 1918. The Bolsheviks dispersed it the next day. In February Russia switched to the Gregorian calendar, skipping 13 days. Protests in support of the Assembly were fired upon. The dissolution ended Russia's first democratic experiment and led toward civil war.

## Why it matters
The dissolution ended Russia's first democratic experiment and led toward civil war.

Ruler at the time: [Vladimir Lenin](https://history-russia.com/rulers/vladimir-lenin)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Russian Constituent Assembly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Constituent_Assembly)
- [Wikipedia — Adoption of the Gregorian calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar)
- [Wikipedia — Russian Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Dissolution+of+the+Constituent+Assembly)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)