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Viktor Chernov

1873–1952 · 20th century

Viktor Chernov was a founder and leading theorist of the Russian Socialist Revolutionary Party and minister of agriculture in the Provisional Government of 1917. In January 1918 he was elected chairman of the Russian Constituent Assembly, which the Bolsheviks dispersed after a single session; he later died in exile in New York.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Viktor Chernov. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/viktor-chernov
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