| Supreme Soviet |
Article Index for Supreme |
Shopping Soviet |
Articles about Supreme Soviet |
Website Links For Supreme |
Information AboutSupreme Soviet |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT SUPREME SOVIET | |
| government of the soviet union | |
| supreme soviet | |
| historical legislatures | |
|
ВЦИК, or, romanized, VTsIK), whose full name at a certain time was ''All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Workers', Peasants', Red Army, and Cossack Deputies'' (Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет Советов рабочих, крестьянских, красноармейских и казачьих депутатов). The Supreme Soviet was made up of two chambers, each with equal legislative powers, with members elected for four-year terms: Great Soviet Encyclopedia , 3rd edition, entry on "Верховный Совет СССР", available online here
Until Perestroika and the partially free elections in 1989 , the Supreme Soviet functioned as a Rubber Stamp to legislation originating from less representative but more powerful bodies, like the Politburo . In 1989, there were 750 members in each chamber. The Supreme Soviet met regularly twice a year but it could be called into extraordinary session. The Presidium carried out the day-to-day operations of the Supreme Soviet when it was not in session. SUPREME SOVIETS OF THE UNION REPUBLICS Each Republic of the Soviet Union also had its own Supreme Soviet, a one-chamber legislature functioning along similar lines. The same was the case with the ASSR s. After the dissolution of USSR, each of these bodies became the legislatures of independent countries. The Supreme Soviet Of The Russian SFSR and the Congress Of People's Deputies Of The Russian SFSR were the legislature of Russia until being dissolved by military force during the 1993 Constitutional Crisis .
SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
|
|