Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union

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The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body of the USSR from 1989 to 1991, created under Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms to introduce a more pluralistic and partially competitive political system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
supreme state authority
allowedOppositionCandidates yes
alsoKnownAs Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
surface form: Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
broadcastCoverage televised sessions across the USSR
constitutionalAmendmentDate December 1988
constitutionalStatus supreme body of state power of the USSR
couldAmend Constitution of the Soviet Union
couldElect Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
couldForm Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR
couldRemoveFromOffice President of the Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
createdUnderPolicyOf glasnost policy
surface form: glasnost

perestroika
degreeOfPluralism partially pluralistic
dissolved 1991
dominantParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
electedBody yes
electionSystem multi‑candidate constituencies
partially competitive elections
firstElectionDate March 1989
firstSessionDate May 1989
hadLowerHouseRoleFor Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
headquartersLocation Moscow
inception 1989
initiatedBy Mikhail Gorbachev
languageOfProceedings Russian
lastSessionDate 1991
legalBasis 1988 constitutional amendments of the USSR
legislativePeriodEnd 1991
legislativePeriodStart 1989
metInBuilding State Kremlin Palace
surface form: Kremlin Palace of Congresses
notableMember Andrei Sakharov
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
numberOfDeputies 2250
oversightFunction oversight of executive branch of the USSR
politicalSignificance symbol of late‑Soviet political liberalization
positionInGovernment highest legislative body of the USSR
reasonForAbolition dissolution of the Soviet Union
replaced Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union as the highest authority
roleInUSSRDisintegration forum for open criticism of the Soviet system
succeededBy legislatures of the newly independent post‑Soviet states
typeOfRepresentation national‑territorial constituencies
public organizations quotas
territorial constituencies

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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact acknowledgedBy Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union
Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union alsoKnownAs Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
Presidency of the USSR appointedBy Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR
President of the Soviet Union appointedBy Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union
1989 Soviet legislative election bodyElected Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
1989 Soviet legislative election electoralBody Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR establishedBy Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR
1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union establishes Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR
1989 Soviet legislative election introducedCompetitiveElectionsTo Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
President of the Soviet Union legislativeBody Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union
1989 Soviet legislative election legislature Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union replacedBy Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR reportsTo Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR
Presidency of the USSR subordinateTo Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR
President of the Soviet Union subordinateTo Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union