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The aim is to reconstruct and analyze the legal framework governing elections to the Moscow Soviet post-October Revolution.

The formation and evolution of the legislative framework for the Moscow Soviet elections in the 1920s and 1930s

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The aim is to reconstruct and analyze the legal framework governing elections to the Moscow Soviet post-October Revolution.
Studied constitutional provisions and regulatory acts of the USSR and RSFSR.
Analyzed resolutions and instructions of the Moscow Soviet and its Executive Committee.
Reviewed archival materials from the Central State Archive of the Moscow Region.
Examined changes in electoral legislation before and after the 1936 Constitution.
Identified characteristic features of Moscow electoral legislation across decades.
Highlighted the influence of class principles on the electoral process from 1918 to the mid-1930s.
Noted that changes after the 1936 Constitution restored principles of universal suffrage but maintained party control over elections.
Demonstrated the role of nominal constitutionalism in the electoral framework.

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This article analyzes the legal framework for Moscow Soviet elections, suggesting how political factors shaped electoral practices.

Aleksei Viktorovich Gusev (2026) studied this question.

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