Tsentralnyy okrug in Moskva, Russia — Россия (Eastern Europe or Northern Asia)
Central Executive Committee Seat
Photographed by Charles Berman, November 23, 2021
1. Central Executive Committee Seat Marker
In 1918-1919 in this building under the chairmanship of Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov sat the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Peasant, Cossack, and Red Army Deputies.
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Location. 55° 45.461′ N, 37° 37.254′ E. Marker is in Tsentralnyy okrug, Moskva. It is on Theatre Square. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Theatre Square 5, Tsentralnyy okrug, Moskva 10901-2, Russia. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the Pacific Rim. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Soviet Union and also the Russian Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: City Duma Building (about 240 meters away, measured in a direct line); D. Sόkhbaatar (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Resurrection Gates of Kitai-Gorod (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); First Battle of Revolutionary Soldiers - Dvintses with Junkers (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Nikolskaya (St Nicholas) Tower (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Memorials to Military Glory (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Terrorist Act of 9 December 2003 (approx. half a kilometer away); Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (approx. 0.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tsentralnyy okrug.
Also see . . .
1. Yakov Sverdlov (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: In November 1917, Sverdlov was elected chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the de facto head of state. He worked to consolidate Bolshevik control of the new regime and supported the Red Terror campaign and decossackization policies. He played major roles in the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in January 1918, in persuading party members to support the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed with the Central Powers that March, and in authorising the execution of the Romanov family that July. In March 1919, Sverdlov died at age 33 during the Spanish flu, and was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. The city of Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) and Theatre (Sverdlov) Square in Moscow were renamed in his honour.(Submitted on July 14, 2024.)
2. All-Russian Central Executive Committee (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: The All-Russian Central Executive Committee (Russian: Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет (ВЦИК), romanized: Vserossijskij Tsentraĺnύ Ispolniteĺnύ Komitet (VTsIK)) was the supreme governing body of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in between sessions of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets from 1917 to 1937. In 1937, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee was replaced with the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR.(Submitted on July 14, 2024.)
Its full name at one point was the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the Soviets of Workers', Peasants', Red Army, and Cossack Deputies (Russian: Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет Советов рабочих, крестьянских, красноармейских и казачьих депутатов).
Credits. This page was last revised on December 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on December 9, 2025, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photo 1. submitted on July 11, 2024, by Charles Berman of Binghamton, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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