[2] The group presented itself as the representative of all non-Bolshevik Russians, including the "69 races inhabiting the territory of Russia, [and] the preachers of the 99 religions".
[10] The group had many supporters of Kerensky's Socialist Revolutionaries and argued that Wilson should send Russian volunteers to fight in the World War I against both Germany and the Bolsheviks.
[6] The meeting was disrupted by accusations of tsarist sympathies, as well as antisemitism, after a delegate advocated for the murder of Russia's Jews.
[15] After being unable to agree on one chairman, the convention instituted a joint chairmanship shared between Konstantin Oberuchev and John M.
[19] Attendance declined following the Palmer Raids, since Russian immigrants feared their meetings could paint them as radicals.