Second All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets

Second All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets (Другий Всеукраїнський з'їзд Рад) was a congress of soviets (councils) of workers, peasants, Red-army-men deputies that took place in Katerynoslav (Dnipro) on March 17-19, 1918.

Composition
There were 964 delegates. By the end of congress number of delegates increased to 1,250.
 * Bolsheviks - 401
 * Bolshevik supporters - 27
 * Left SRs (Russia and Ukraine, with supporters) - 414
 * USDLP (left wing) - 13
 * Unaffiliated - 82
 * others - 25

The presidium composition was: Skripnik, Ivanov, Kviring, Gamarin[k], Terletsky, Odoyevsky, Boichenko, Tkachinsky, Serdiuk, Medvedev.
 * Bolsheviks - 4
 * Left SRs (Russia) - 5
 * Left SRs (Ukraine) - 1

Agenda

 * current moment
 * deposition towards the Central Council of Ukraine
 * deposition towards war and peace
 * organization of armed forces
 * Ukraine and Russian SFSR
 * government report
 * land and finance issues
 * election to the Central Executive Committee
 * others

Decisions
Despite the sharp interfactional struggle all Bolshevik's resolution have passed.
 * the congress approved the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
 * the congress declared independence of Ukraine and also announced that relationships of the Soviet republics will remain within the limits identified earlier
 * (current moment) the congress condemned the policy of Central Council of Ukraine demanding withdrawal of the Austria-Germany troops from the territory of Ukraine and calls were placed to combat the widespread establishment of Soviet power. Representatives of left wing Ukrainian parties were proposing to seek a compromise with the Central Council of Ukraine with aim to consolidate national forces, but the majority did not support their propositions
 * the congress passed a law about socialization of land that was adopted at the 3rd All-Russian Congress of Soviets, resolutions "About political system", decrees on 8-hour workday and workers' control, about organization of the Red Army of Ukraine

The congress elected 102 members to the Central Executive Committee (CVK): Volodymyr Zatonsky was elected Chairman of the CVK.
 * Bolsheviks - 47
 * SRs (Russia and Ukraine) - 49
 * left USDLP - 5
 * Lewica - 1