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The 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, officially the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, [a] was adopted on 7 October 1977. The 1977 Constitution, also known as the Brezhnev Constitution or the Constitution of Developed Socialism, was the third and final constitution of the Soviet Union, adopted unanimously at the 7th ...
The 1936 Constitution received amendments in 1944 to allow the Soviet Union's constituent republics to be recognized as sovereign states in international law, resulting in the Ukrainian SSR and Byelorussian SSR joining the United Nations General Assembly as founding members in 1945. The 1924 Constitution and 1936 Constitution were enacted by ...
The 1936 Constitution was the second constitution of the Soviet Union and replaced the 1924 Constitution, with 5 December being celebrated annually as Soviet Constitution Day from its adoption by the Congress of Soviets. [1] This date was considered the "second foundational moment" of the USSR, after the October Revolution in 1917. [2]
The Law of the Soviet Union was the law as it developed in the Soviet Union (USSR) following the October Revolution of 1917. Modified versions of the Soviet legal system operated in many Communist states following the Second World War —including Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, the Warsaw Pact countries of eastern Europe, Cuba and ...
(See 2020 amendments to the Constitution of Russia). Russia's constitution came into force on 25 December 1993, at the moment of its official publication, and abolished the Soviet system of government. The 1993 Constitution is one of the longest-standing constitutions in Russian history, second only to the Soviet Union’s 1936 Constitution ...
t. e. Human rights in the Soviet Union were severely limited. The Soviet Union was a totalitarian state from 1927 until 1953 [1][2][3][4] and a one-party state until 1990. [5] Freedom of speech was suppressed and dissent was punished. Independent political activities were not tolerated, whether they involved participation in free labor unions ...
0–9. Soviet Russia Constitution of 1918. 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union. 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union. 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union. Categories: Constitutions of former countries. Government documents of the Soviet Union. Law of the Soviet Union.
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (SSUSSR) [a] was the highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. It was based on the principle of unified power, which was the only branch of government in the Soviet state. Prior to 1936, [3] the Congress of Soviets was the supreme legislative body.