1936 Constitution (fundamental law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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Constitution (fundamental law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as Amended and Supplemented at the Second session of the Eighth Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. Russians had a saying: "In the Soviet Union we had freedom of speech. In the United States, you have freedom after speech" Background : There were three versions of the constitution of the Soviet Union, modeled after the 1918 Constitution established by the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (RSFSR), the immediate predecessor of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. These three constitutions were: 1924 Soviet Constitution, 1936 Soviet Constitution and the 1977 Soviet Constitution. The 1936 Soviet constitution, adopted on December 5, 1936, and also known as the "Stalin" constitution, redesigned the government of the Soviet Union. The constitution repealed restrictions on voting and added universal direct suffrage and the right to work to rights guaranteed by the previous constitution. The constitution also provided for the direct election of all government bodies and their reorganization into a single, uniform system. The 1936 constitution changed the name of the Central Executive Committee to the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Like its predecessor, the Supreme Soviet contained two chambers: the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities. The constitution empowered the Supreme Soviet to elect commissions, which performed most of the Supreme Soviet's work. As under the former constitution, the Presidium exercised the full powers of the Supreme Soviet between sessions and had the right to interpret laws. The chairman of the Presidium became the titular head of state. The Sovnarkom (after 1946 known as the Council of Ministers) continued to act as the executive arm of the government. Amendments to the 1936 Constitution were adopted at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th and 8th sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. These amendment included: Article 13 which amended at the 6th, 7th, and 8th sessions of the Supreme Soviet; Article 22 at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th Sessions; Article 23 at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th sessions; Articles 26, 28, 29, 49 and 70 at the 1st session; Article 48 at the 7th session; Articles 77, 78 and 83 at the 1st, 3rd and 8th sessions. The 1st session was held in January, 1938; the 2nd session in August, 1938; the 3rd session in May, 1939; the 6th Session in April, 1940; the 7th Session in, August, 1940; the 8th session in March, 1941. (The 4th and 5th sessions adopted no amendments.) By 1941 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the voluntary association of Soviet Socialist Republics having equal rights, namely: The Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic The Azerbaidjan Soviet Socialist Republic The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic The Tadjik Soviet Socialist Republic The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic The Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. The Stalin Constitution existed for 31 years before its final replacement by Brezhnev's 1977 Constitution. Description: This is an auction of a copy of the Constitution (fundamental law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: as Amended an Supplemented at the Second session of the Eighth Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.. - Revised edition. ISBN: None PUBLISHER: Progress Publishers, Moscow PUBLICATION DATE: 1972 PAGES: 118 CONDITION: This is a used book. The cover shows wear with a small tear on the binding (see images). The pages are very delicate. It has no markin... read more

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