Brief history of Soviet democracy
About how universal, direct, equal and secret suffrage was recorded in the Constitution of the USSR, but has lost meaning, says historian Yevgeny Belokurov Electors examine the election posters, Petrograd, 1917 Photo: The author is unknown "Place for discussions" of peasants and lawyers One of the main requirements of the Russian liberal opposition at the beginning of the 20th century was the so -called tanger, that is, universal, direct, equal and secret suffrage.