Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union

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legislative body supreme state authority

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.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR	5
Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union	4
Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR	1

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

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