Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

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head of state office political office state ceremonial position

The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was the formal head of state of the Soviet Union, holding largely ceremonial authority while real power resided in the Communist Party leadership.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 4
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR 2
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
state ceremonial position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
appointedBy Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
constitutionalPower calling elections to the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
conferring state awards ⓘ
granting pardons ⓘ
issuing decrees within constitutional limits ⓘ
promulgation of laws passed by the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
constitutionalRole formal head of state of the Soviet Union ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
createdBy 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: 1936 Soviet Constitution

Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
deFactoEndOfRole creation of the office of President of the Soviet Union ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Mikhail Kalinin ⓘ
hasCeremonialRole receiving foreign ambassadors ⓘ
representative of the Soviet Union in international relations ⓘ
signing of treaties ⓘ
hasPowerLimitation largely ceremonial authority ⓘ
languageOfTitle Russian ⓘ
nativeName Председатель Президиума Верховного Совета СССР ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Andrei Gromyko ⓘ
Kliment Voroshilov ⓘ
Konstantin Chernenko ⓘ
Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
Mikhail Kalinin ⓘ
Nikolai Shvernik ⓘ
Yuri Andropov ⓘ
officeAbolishedIn 1990 ⓘ
officeHolderOf head of state of the Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
surface form: Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
positionHeldIn Soviet state hierarchy ⓘ
realPowerResidedIn Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Communist Party of the Soviet Union leadership

General Secretary of the Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
replaced Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ
replacedBy President of the Soviet Union ⓘ
residence Moscow ⓘ
roleIn Soviet government ⓘ
surface form: government of the Soviet Union
seat Kremlin ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
styleOfAddress Comrade ⓘ
subordinateTo Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: collective leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
termLength not fixed by popular election ⓘ
timePeriod 1938–1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet government → headOfStateTitle → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
Presidency of the USSR → replaces → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → reportsTo → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → relatedPosition → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Soviet Ukraine → headOfStateTitle → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
President of the Soviet Union → precededBy → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea → headOfPresidiumTitle → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly
Soviet Socialist Republics → headOfStateTitle → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the republic
Lukyanov → positionHeld → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
subject surface form: Anatoly Lukyanov
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR → elected → Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR