Soviet of the Union
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The Soviet of the Union (
upper chamber, the Soviet of Nationalities
, the Soviet of the Union represented the interests of all of the people of the Soviet Union no matter what their nationality was.
The Soviet of the Union had the same rights and
1989 elections
–the first, and as it turned out, only, free elections ever held in the Soviet Union–the Soviet of the Union acquired a much greater role, and was the scene of many lively debates.
The Soviet of the Union elected a
.In 1989, it was reduced to 271 deputies, elected by the
August Coup, it was renamed the Soviet (Council) of the Union, with its deputies apportioned by the existing quotas and in coordination with the bodies of power in the Union Republics. It would consider only issues concerning civil rights and other issues that didn't fall under the Soviet of Nationalities
. Its decisions would have to be reviewed by the Soviet of Nationalities.
The Soviet of the Union was effectively dissolved on 12 December 1991, two weeks before the formal
Soviet of the Republics dissolved the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991, thus dissolving the Soviet of the Union as well.[3]
See also
- List of Chairmen of the Soviet of the Union
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- 1977 Soviet Constitution
- 1936 Soviet Constitution
Notes
- ^ Ukrainian: Рада Союзу; Belarusian: Савет Саюза; Uzbek: Иттифоқ Кенгаши, Ittifoq Kengashi; Kazakh: Одақ Кеңесі, Odaq Keñesı; Georgian: კავშირის საბჭო; Azerbaijani: Иттифагы Совети, İttifaqı Soveti; Lithuanian: Sąjungos Taryba; Romanian: Sovietul Uniunii, Moldovan Cyrillic: Cоветул Униуний; Latvian: Savienības Padome; Kyrgyz: Бирлик Кеңеши; Tajik: Шӯрои Иттиҳоди; Armenian: Միության Խորհուրդ; Turkmen: Билелешигиң Геңеши, Bileleşigiň Geňeşi; Estonian: Liidu Nõukogu
References
- ISBN 9780598628206.
- ^ The Russian SFSR has constitutional right to "freely secede from the Soviet Union" (art. 69 of the RSFSR Constitution, art. 72 of the USSR Constitution), but according to USSR laws 1409-I (enacted on 3 April 1990) and 1457-I[permanent dead link] (enacted on 26 April 1990) this can be done only by a referendum and only if two-thirds of all registered voters of the republic has supported that motion. No special referendum on the secession from the USSR was held in the RSFSR
- ^ "Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР № 52. 25 декабря 1991 г." Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР. 26 December 1991.