Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union

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governing body legislative body supreme state authority

The Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative and governing body of the early Soviet state, composed of delegates from local and regional soviets across the country.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
All-Russian Congress of Soviets	4
Congress of Soviets of the USSR	4
All-Union Congress of Soviets	2
All-Russian Central Executive Committee	1
Eighth Extraordinary Congress of Soviets of the USSR	1
First All-Union Congress of Soviets	1
Seventh All-Union Congress of Soviets	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body ⓘ legislative body ⓘ supreme state authority ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: All-Union Congress of Soviets
appliesToJurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ
composition	delegates from local soviets ⓘ delegates from regional soviets ⓘ delegates from republican soviets ⓘ
convenedBy	Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1936 ⓘ 5 December 1936 ⓘ
dominantParty	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
firstSession	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First All-Union Congress of Soviets
firstSessionDate	30 December 1922 ⓘ
followedBy	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
function	formalized decisions of the Communist Party leadership ⓘ
governedByIdeology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Soviet period ⓘ
inception	1922 ⓘ 30 December 1922 ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
lastSession	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seventh All-Union Congress of Soviets
lastSessionDate	1935 ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1924 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1936
legislativeBranchOf	Soviet Union ⓘ
location	Moscow ⓘ
meetsAt	Moscow ⓘ
numberOfSessions	7 ⓘ
partOf	state apparatus of the Soviet Union ⓘ
politicalSystem	one-party socialist state ⓘ
power	adopted the Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ determined basic directions of domestic policy ⓘ determined basic directions of foreign policy ⓘ elected the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ ratified union treaties ⓘ
precededBy	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: All-Russian Congress of Soviets
relatedBody	Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ Council of People's Commissars ⓘ surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union
replacedBy	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
role	highest legislative authority of the Soviet Union ⓘ supreme governing body of the Soviet Union ⓘ
selectionMethod	indirect election via lower-level soviets ⓘ
subordinateTo	no higher authority within the Soviet state structure ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	soviet (council) representation ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union → adoptedBy → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eighth Extraordinary Congress of Soviets of the USSR

Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union → alsoKnownAs → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Union Congress of Soviets

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union → appointedBy → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 → definesSupremeBody → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of Soviets of the USSR

Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 → establishesInstitution → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of Soviets of the USSR

Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union → firstSession → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First All-Union Congress of Soviets

1937 Soviet legislative election → follows → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Union Congress of Soviets

Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union → lastSession → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seventh All-Union Congress of Soviets

Council of People's Commissars → legislativeBody → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Congress of Soviets

Council of People's Commissars → legislativeBody → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of Soviets of the USSR

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union → legislativeBranch → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Mensheviks → participatedIn → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Congress of Soviets

Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union → precededBy → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Congress of Soviets

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → precededBy → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Central Executive Committee

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → replaced → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union → replacedBody → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of Soviets of the USSR

Russian Revolution → significantOrganization → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: All-Russian Congress of Soviets

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union → subordinateTo → Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ