organize the elections. The III Universal of the Central Rada (November 20, 1917) designated January 9 as election day while the first convention of the assembly was scheduled to take place on January 22. The Universal also decreed that until the assembly convened the legislative power of the Ukrainian autonomy remained the Central Rada. The law on the Constituent Assembly was ratified on November 29, 1917. There were expected to be 301 deputies which was around 1 per 100,000 constituents. The appointed head of the electoral commission was M.Moroz. See also Verkhovna Rada Central Rada 1918 Ukrainian Constituent Assembly election Kiev Arsenal January Uprising and Ukrainian–Soviet War References Bibliography Khrystiuk, Pavlo (1921). "Записки і матеріали до історії української революції 1917—1920 pp." (Notes and materials to the history of the Ukrainian Revolution 1917-20). Vol I-II. Vienna. Doroshenko Dmytro (1932). "Історія України 1917—1923" (History of Ukraine 1917-23). Vol I "Доба Центральної Ради" (The times of the Central Rada). Uzhhorod 1932, New-York 1954. Reshetar, J. (1952). "The Ukrainian Revolution 1917—1920". Princeton 1952. Encyclopedia of Ukraine External links List of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Workers Party to the Ukrainian Constituent Assembly. (photocopy) Ukrainian People's Republic 1917 in Ukraine Constituent assemblies Political history of Ukraine