Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, tr. Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) was the legislative body of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the only one with the power to approve constitutional amendments.
The Supreme Soviet elected the USSR's head of state, the Presidium;[1] and appointed the Council of Ministers, the Supreme Court, and the Procurator General of the USSR.
The body was created in 1936 and was abolished in 1991.
Supreme Soviet Of The Soviet Union Media
Emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR)
Emblem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Emblem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Coat of arms of Uzbek SSR. This is the later version with golden hammer and sickle and other small changes.
Coat of arms of kazakh SSR. This is the accurate later version used between 1978 and 1991
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vectorized Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR
Lithuanian SSR emblem vectorized
Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
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References
- ↑ Armstrong, John Alexander (1986) [1978]. Ideology, Politics, and Government in the Soviet Union: An Introduction (fourth ed.). Lanham, MD / New York City / London: University Press of America. ISBN 0-8191-5405-9. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
