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Opening and Liquidation of the Constituent Assembly
The entire city was plastered
with posters for election day.

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Manifestations took place on the streets.
Agitational materials spread through the crowd.

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[Masses of people on Znamensky Square.
Poster: November 12-14. Citizens,
all power to the Constituent Assembly]

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[Agitational posters on the walls of
the house of comrade V. I. Soloviev.
Poster: Citizens, everyone vote on November 12-14!]

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Crowds of people filled the streets of
Petrograd and moved toward Tauride Palace.

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Ever more crowds approached the Palace.

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Banner: Liteiny District People's Duma.
Long Live the Constituent Assembly!

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Only delegates were allowed
through the gates of the Palace.

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Marchers organized a rally by the fence.

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Banners: All power to the People's Constituent Assembly.
Long Live the Constituent Assembly.
Petrograd Lawyers Association.

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Banner: All power to the Constituent Assembly.
Greetings to the best citizens of the Russian land.

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The crowd broke through to the Palace,

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and members of the Constituent Assembly

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came out to speak to them.

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The Latvian Regiment arrived to clear
the square before the Tauride Palace.

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The public did not leave voluntarily,
and the force had to be used.
Artillery was brought up to the palace.

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The clash between the marchers and troops on January 5 resulted in victims.

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Those who died received a ceremonial funeral.

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Banner: All-Russian Union of Peasant Delegates.
Fighters for People's Power.
To those who fell on January 9, 1905
and on January 5, 1918.