On January 25, 1918, the III All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers’, Soldiers’, and Peasants’ Deputies adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Working and Exploited People.

On November 7, 1917, a new era in human history began. As a result of the Great October Socialist Revolution in Russia, a new form of popular sovereignty, the power of the Soviets, was established. The Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets also established the legal foundations of the new society. To finally establish the new foundations of social order, it was necessary to politically consolidate the gains of the Revolution by adopting a constitutional act. This act became the Declaration of the Rights of the Working and Exploited People.

The Declaration was adopted by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee on January 16, 1918, and approved by the Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets on January 25. The document consisted of four sections. It established the political foundations of the Soviet Republic, defined the objectives of the socialist state—the abolition of all exploitation of man by man and the establishment of a socialist organization of society—and defined the principles of the Soviet state’s foreign policy—the rejection of secret diplomacy, the struggle for peace, and the exercise of the right of nations to self-determination.

The adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Working and Exploited People was a crucial step toward the final political establishment of Soviet power in Russia. The Declaration later became Section One of the Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, adopted on July 10, 1918, by the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets.

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