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

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18381 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Context triple: [Soviet Union, legislature, Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]

A. Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was a socialist superpower that dominated Eastern Europe and led the communist bloc during the Cold War.
B. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
C. United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, responsible for making national laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.
D. National Congress of Chile
The National Congress of Chile is the country's bicameral legislative body, composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, responsible for making and revising national laws.
E. Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was the supreme legislative body formed in 1707 that united the English and Scottish parliaments, governing Great Britain until it was replaced by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Target entity description: 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.

A. Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was a socialist superpower that dominated Eastern Europe and led the communist bloc during the Cold War.
B. United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 that brings together most of the world’s countries to promote peace, security, cooperation, and human rights.
C. United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislative branch of the federal government of the United States, responsible for making national laws, approving budgets, and overseeing the executive branch.
D. National Congress of Chile
The National Congress of Chile is the country's bicameral legislative body, composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, responsible for making and revising national laws.
E. Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was the supreme legislative body formed in 1707 that united the English and Scottish parliaments, governing Great Britain until it was replaced by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1801.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (64)

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

Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR → subordinateTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions → oftenHeldByMemberOf → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR → relatedTo → Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ