Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union

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former political institution legislature parliament unicameral legislature

The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body and nominal supreme authority of the USSR, functioning as its national parliament from 1938 until the country's dissolution in 1991.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union canonical	34
Supreme Soviet of the USSR	22
Soviet of the Union	3
Soviet of Nationalities	2
Soviet of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR	2
supreme soviet	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former political institution ⓘ legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: USSR
capital	Moscow ⓘ
chamber	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet of Nationalities Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet of the Union
composedOf	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet of Nationalities Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet of the Union
controlledBy	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
deFactoStatus	rubber-stamp legislature ⓘ
deJureStatus	supreme organ of state power ⓘ
dissolved	1991 ⓘ
endTime	1991 ⓘ
firstElection	1937 Soviet legislative election ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ
inception	1938 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
lastElection	1989 Soviet legislative election ⓘ
legalBasis	1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Soviet Union ⓘ
legislativePeriod	convocations lasting about four to five years ⓘ
location	Moscow ⓘ
meetingPlace	Kremlin ⓘ surface form: Grand Kremlin Palace Kremlin ⓘ
numberOfChambers	2 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Russian ⓘ
power	amendment of the Constitution of the USSR ⓘ approval of state plans and budgets ⓘ election of the Council of Ministers of the USSR ⓘ election of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ⓘ enactment of laws of the USSR ⓘ
precededBy	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: All-Russian Central Executive Committee Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ
replaced	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ
replacedBy	Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union ⓘ
role	highest legislative body of the Soviet Union ⓘ national parliament of the Soviet Union ⓘ nominal supreme authority of the Soviet Union ⓘ
significantEvent	adoption of the 1977 Soviet Constitution ⓘ declaration of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 ⓘ
startTime	1938 ⓘ
subordinateBody	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ surface form: Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
votingSystem	indirect elections dominated by the Communist Party ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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

Soviet Union → legislature → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Hero of Socialist Labour → conferredBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → composedOf → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet of the Union

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → composedOf → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet of Nationalities

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → chamber → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet of the Union

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → chamber → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet of Nationalities

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → subordinateTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → accountableTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → reportedTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Supreme Court of the Soviet Union → subordinateTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Supreme Court of the Soviet Union → reportsTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union → legislativeBodyEstablished → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union → createdChamber → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet of the Union

1937 Soviet legislative election → legislativeBody → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → partOf → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → reportsTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union → adoptedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union → hadLowerHouseRoleFor → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union → couldElect → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

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

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

Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → deFactoSupremacyOver → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Soviet armed forces → subordinateTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union → replacedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union → replacedByBody → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Soviet government → legislativeBody → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Constitution of the Soviet Union → governingBody → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Constitution of the Soviet Union → establishes → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → appointedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR → subordinateTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Ministry of Defense of the USSR → subordinateTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Declaration No. 142-Н of the Soviet of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → legislativeBody → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Declaration No. 142-Н of the Soviet of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → adoptedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Declaration No. 142-Н of the Soviet of Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → adoptedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR → reportsTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Head of Government of the Soviet Union → appointedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Head of Government of the Soviet Union → confirmedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Head of Government of the Soviet Union → subordinateTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet → partOf → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet → appointedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Soviet of Nationalities → partOf → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Chairman of the Council of Ministers → appointedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

Chairman of the Council of Ministers → reportsTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty → ratifiedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Mikhail Sholokhov → memberOf → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Minister of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union → appointedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

office of General Secretary of the CPSU → linkedInstitution → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Soviet Socialist Republics → centralGovernment → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 10 October 1943 → legislativeBody → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR

State Defense Committee → foundedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Soviet of the USSR