Supreme Court of the Soviet Union

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court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union was the highest judicial authority in the USSR, overseeing the application of Soviet law and supervising lower courts across the union republics.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of the USSR 9
Supreme Court of the Soviet Union canonical 3
Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Verkhovny Sud SSSR

Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Verkhovny Sud Sovetskogo Soyuza
appliesLaw Soviet law ⓘ
1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: USSR Constitution

all-union legislation ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction Moscow ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
decidesOn administrative cases ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
established 1923 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 ⓘ
governs judicial practice in the USSR ⓘ
hasFunction analysis of judicial practice ⓘ
cassation review ⓘ
consideration of especially important criminal and civil cases ⓘ
ensuring uniform application of Soviet law ⓘ
interpretation of all-union legislation ⓘ
issuance of guiding explanations for courts ⓘ
judicial review of cases from lower courts ⓘ
supervisory review ⓘ
hasPart Supreme Court of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union

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

judicial collegium for civil cases ⓘ
judicial collegium for criminal cases ⓘ
military collegium ⓘ
jurisdiction Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: USSR
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
legalSystem Soviet legal system ⓘ
socialist law ⓘ
locatedIn Moscow ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Russian ⓘ
oversees military courts of the Soviet Union ⓘ
specialized courts of the Soviet Union ⓘ
supreme courts of the union republics ⓘ
partOf judicial system of the Soviet Union ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Court of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
reportsTo Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
role highest judicial authority in the Soviet Union ⓘ
oversight of application of Soviet law ⓘ
supervision of lower courts of the union republics ⓘ
subordinateTo Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
supervises application of Soviet law throughout the USSR ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Soviet Union → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Soviet Union → hasPart → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
Supreme Court of the Soviet Union → replacedBy → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Supreme Court of the Soviet Union → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verkhovny Sud SSSR
Supreme Court of the Soviet Union → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verkhovny Sud Sovetskogo Soyuza
Soviet government → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
military collegium → partOf → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 → establishesInstitution → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 → definesJudicialBody → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
glasnost policy → appliesTo → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet judiciary
Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR → distinctFrom → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
Vasily Ulrikh → employer → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
Criminal Code of the RSFSR → usedBy → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation → precededBy → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR → partOf → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR → subordination → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the USSR
Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR → subordinateTo → Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ⓘ