Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923

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constitution foundational legal charter

The Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 was an early foundational legal charter that structured the newly formed USSR’s federal government and institutions, including its highest judicial bodies.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union 2
1923 Constitution of the USSR 1
1924 Soviet Constitution 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational legal charter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
surface form: 1923 Constitution of the USSR

Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
surface form: first Constitution of the USSR
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
appliesToPeriod early Soviet period ⓘ
characteristic centralized federal structure ⓘ
codified union–republic division of powers ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
definesExecutiveBody Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR
definesFederalStructure union of republics ⓘ
definesFederalUnit union republic ⓘ
definesFormOfGovernment federal socialist state ⓘ
definesJudicialBody Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
definesPoliticalSystem one-party system ⓘ
definesSupremeBody Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Congress of Soviets of the USSR
establishesGovernmentBranch executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
establishesGovernmentType Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: union of soviet socialist republics
establishesInstitution Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Central Executive Committee of the USSR

Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Congress of Soviets of the USSR

Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR

Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR

highest judicial bodies of the USSR ⓘ
governs federal institutions of the USSR ⓘ
highest judicial bodies of the USSR ⓘ
historicalContext early years of the Soviet Union ⓘ
ideologyReflected Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
inForceInCapital Moscow ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
legalForm written constitution ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the Soviet Union ⓘ
legalSystem socialist law ⓘ
purpose to define powers of the highest judicial bodies of the USSR ⓘ
to structure the newly formed USSR’s federal government and institutions ⓘ
region Eurasia ⓘ
regulatesRelationshipBetween Union government and union republics ⓘ
replacedBy 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1936
rulingPartyRecognized Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
subjectMatter competences of union and republic authorities ⓘ
judicial system of the USSR ⓘ
organization of central government bodies ⓘ
rights and duties of citizens ⓘ
state structure of the USSR ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1923 Constitution of the USSR
Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
this entity surface form: first Constitution of the USSR
Soviet government → constitution → Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1924 Soviet Constitution
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union
Supreme Court of the Soviet Union → establishedBy → Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union → precededBy → Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union