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    three constitutions were: 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union – adopted 31 January 1924 ("Lenin Constitution") 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union – adopted...
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  • The 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, also known as the Stalin Constitution, was the constitution of the Soviet Union adopted on 5 December 1936....
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  • The 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, officially the Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was the constitution...
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  • The 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union was the constitution of the Soviet Union adopted on 31 January 1924. According to British historian Archie Brown...
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    The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics (Russian: Сою́зные Респу́блики, tr. Soyúznye Respúbliki) were national-based...
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    The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was the executive and administrative organ of the highest body of state authority, the...
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    The Constitution of the Soviet Union recognised the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (between 1938 and 1989) and the earlier Central Executive Committee...
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    The All-Union Congress of Soviets (Russian: Всесоюзный съезд Советов) was formally the supreme governing body of the Soviet Union from its formation (30...
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  • The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union, had four successive constitutions during its existence. The first (1919) was in Russian...
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    The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, tr. Verkhovnyy Sovet...
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    with the constitution of the Soviet Union and legislation enacted by the Supreme Soviet. The first government was led by Vladimir Lenin, and the last...
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    of state authority in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The presidium was elected by joint session of both houses of the Supreme Soviet...
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    role of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), the only party permitted by the Constitution. The Bolsheviks who took power during the October...
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    The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, officially the Supreme Court of the USSR (Russian: Верховный Суд СССР) was the highest court of the Soviet Union...
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    the Soviet system of government. The current Constitution is the second most long-lived in the history of Russia, behind the Constitution of 1936. The text...
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    The Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union was the highest collegial body of executive and administrative authority of the Soviet Union from...
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    this article: Treaty on Creation of the Soviet Union The Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Декларация...
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    The Soviet of the Union (Russian: Сове́т Сою́за, Sovet Soyuza) was the lower chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...
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    recognized within the Soviet Union as having "close ties" to the Ukrainian SSR, and the transfer itself commemorated the Union of Russia and Ukraine...
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    The constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918, also called the Basic Law (Основной закон, Osnovnoy zakon) which governed...
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    its 69-year history, the Soviet Union usually had a de facto leader who would not necessarily be head of state or even head of government but would lead...
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    The president of the Soviet Union (Russian: Президент Советского Союза, romanized: Prezident Sovetskogo Soyuza), officially the president of the Union...
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    The electoral system of the Soviet Union was varying over time, being based upon Chapter XIII of the provisional Fundamental Law of 1922, articles 9 and...
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  • it, following the model of the Soviet Union or some form of people's or national democracy. They share a common definition of socialism and they refer...
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    The State Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Госуда́рственный флаг Сою́за Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик Gosudárstvenny...
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    Tyumen Oblast. According to the Constitution of the Soviet Union, in case of a union republic voting on leaving the Soviet Union, autonomous republics, autonomous...
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    the Soviet Union, the other being the Soviet of the Union. Created by the 1924 Constitution to represent the national-territorial units of the Soviet...
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    highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was created as part of Mikhail...
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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was dissolved on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme...
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  • Socialist Republic (1978) Constitution of the Soviet Union (1924) Constitution of the Soviet Union (1936) Constitution of the Soviet Union (1977) South Africa...
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