1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union

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constitution supreme law

The 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, often called the Brezhnev Constitution, was the USSR’s final and most detailed basic law, defining its political structure, citizens’ rights, and the leading role of the Communist Party until the state’s dissolution.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
1977 Soviet Constitution 2
Brezhnev Constitution 1
Constitution of the Soviet Union 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
adoptedBy Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
adoptedOn 1977-10-07 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Brezhnev Constitution
cameIntoForceOn 1977-10-07 ⓘ
characterizesEconomyAs planned socialist economy ⓘ
characterizesStateAs socialist state of workers and peasants ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
declares Soviet state as a socialist state of the whole people ⓘ
defines duties of citizens of the Soviet Union ⓘ
economic system of the Soviet Union ⓘ
political system of the Soviet Union ⓘ
rights of citizens of the Soviet Union ⓘ
social system of the Soviet Union ⓘ
enshrines leading role of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
establishes Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
Supreme Soviet of the USSR as highest organ of state power ⓘ
follows 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
governs relationship between union republics and the union ⓘ
structure of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
guarantees freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of conscience ⓘ
freedom of demonstrations ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
right to education ⓘ
right to health protection ⓘ
right to rest and leisure ⓘ
right to work ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Soviet era ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
imposes duty to defend the socialist homeland ⓘ
duty to observe socialist legality ⓘ
duty to work ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
legalStatus final constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
namedAfter Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ
numberOfArticles 174 ⓘ
numberOfChapters 9 ⓘ
predecessorDocument 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
primaryAuthoritativeBody Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
recognizes collective farm-cooperative ownership ⓘ
personal property of citizens ⓘ
state ownership of means of production ⓘ
repealedOn 1991-12-26 ⓘ
successorDocument post-Soviet constitutions of successor states ⓘ
territorialScope all union republics of the USSR ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union → alsoKnownAs → 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brezhnev Constitution
Supreme Court of the Soviet Union → appliesLaw → 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: USSR Constitution
Soviet government → constitution → 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1977 Soviet Constitution
Communist Party of the Soviet Union → constitutionalRoleAdopted → 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1977 Soviet Constitution
Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR → legalBasis → 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the USSR (1977, as amended)
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → legalBasis → 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → legalBasis → 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ