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Moscow City Council Московский городской совет | |
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| City council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Established | 14 November 1917; 108 years ago (14 November 1917) |
| Disbanded | 7 October 1993; 32 years ago (7 October 1993) |
| Preceded by | Moscow City Duma |
| Succeeded by | Moscow City Duma |
| Structure | |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | 1990 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Mossoviet Building | |
TheMoscow City Council (Russian:Московский городской совет), in shortMossoviet (Russian:Моссовет), an abbreviation ofMoscow Soviet (Russian:Московский Совет,romanized: Moskovskiy Sovet), was established following theFebruary Revolution 8–16 March 1917 [O.S.23 Feb. – 3 Mar.]. Initially it was a parallel, shadow city administration ofMoscow,Russia run by left-wing parties. Following theOctober Revolution it became thecity administration of Moscow throughout theSoviet period (1918–1991).
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 ofLev Khinchuk a member of theMenshevik faction of theRussian Social Democratic Labour Party.[1]
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.
or as a sign of administrative control ("established by Mossovet") by the current administration, i.e.
Designed in 1780s byMatvey Kazakov, it was shorn off its wings in 1939 and moved fourteen meters backward on rollers. By 1945 it was jacked up a storey, joined to a smaller house built in 1930s, sandwiched between new ground and attic floors, and fitted with a high-arched portico.[2]