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CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OFb> THEb> UNION OFb> SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICSb>

Theb> State Emblem ofb> theb> Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb> is a hammer and sickle on a globe depicted in theb> rays ofb> theb> sun and framed by ears ofb> wheat, with theb> inscription "Workers ofb> All Countries, Unite!" in theb> languages ofb> theb> Union Republicsb>.
Theb> Presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR promulgates decrees and adopts decisions.
Theb> Procurator-General ofb> theb> USSR is appointed by theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR and is responsible and accountable to it and, between sessions ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet, to theb> Presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR.

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/ussr.htm (10238 words)



Soviet Union -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article

Theb> main tasks ofb> theb> congress were theb> election ofb> theb> standing legislature, theb> Supreme Soviet, and theb> election ofb> theb> chairman ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet, who acted as head ofb> state.
Theb> Supreme Soviet, theb> Presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet, theb> chairman ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet, and theb> Council ofb> Ministers had substantial authority to enact laws, decrees, resolutions, and orders binding on theb> population.
After theb> dissolution ofb> theb> Soviet Union in 1991, theb> (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russian Federation claimed to be theb> legal successor to theb> Soviet Union on theb> international stage despite its loss ofb> superpower status.

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/s/so/soviet_union.htm (5115 words)



Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb>. Theb> Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05

He was replaced as first secretary ofb> theb> CPSU by Leonid I. Brezhnev (who in 1960 had become chairman ofb> theb> presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet) and as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin.
Theb> death ofb> Stalin on Mar. 5, 1953, ushered in a new era in Soviet history.
Soviet foreign policy, long hampered by theb> hostility ofb> theb> nations ofb> Europe and America and by pervasive mutual distrust, was carried out first by Georgi Chicherin and from 1930 by Maxim M. Litvinov.

http://www.bartleby.com/65/un/UnionSov.html (5286 words)



ICL - Soviet Union (Former~) - Constitution

Theb> Procurator-General ofb> theb> USSR is appointed by theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR and is responsible and accountable to it and, between sessions ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet, to theb> Presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR.
Theb> Presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR promulgates decrees and adopts decisions.
(1) Theb> Council ofb> Minister ofb> theb> USSR shall be responsible and accountable to theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR and, between sessions ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR, to theb> Presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR.

http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/r100000_.html (5286 words)



Russian Revolution ofb> 1917, series ofb> events in imperial Russia that culminated in 1917 with theb> establishment ofb> theb> Soviet state that became known as theb> Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb> (USSR)

Theb> Congress ofb> Soviets provided for a governmental structure in which supreme authority was vested in theb> congress itself.
Theb> decisions ofb> theb> Congress ofb> Soviets on peace and land evoked widespread support for theb> new government, and they were decisive in assuring victory to theb> Bolsheviks in other cities and in theb> provinces.
With theb> establishment ofb> theb> new government, theb> Congress ofb> Soviets adjourned.

http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/russianrev.html (4539 words)



New Alliance ofb> Former Soviet Republicsb> Divides CIS

Theb> CIS Collective Security Treaty marked its seventh anniversary on May 15, but a new military and political alliance ofb> former Soviet Republicsb> is challenging its predominance.
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who now heads a new party ofb> social democrats, waved aside a question at a news conference last week about whether theb> CEC's decisions are arbitrary, adding, "When one car ruins theb> prospects ofb> a whole political bloc, that makes theb> CEC a political instrument.
Another Communist Party member, former Defense Minister Igor Rodionov, declared an income ofb> 26, 328 rubles last year ($2,633).

http://www.russiajournal.com/fan/russia_523_1583_news.htm (4539 words)



Poland - Other Former Soviet Republicsb>

Theb> failure ofb> theb> August coup signaled to Warsaw theb> end ofb> theb> highly centralized Soviet state and theb> feasibility ofb> officially recognizing independence-minded republicsb>.
Theb> demise ofb> theb> Soviet Union transformed Poland's relationship with Lithuania.
On theb> day following theb> formal dissolution ofb> theb> Soviet Union, Poland announced that it was prepared to open normal diplomatic relations with all theb> members ofb> theb> Commonwealth ofb> Independent States (CIS).

http://countrystudies.us/poland/90.htm (4539 words)



China entered into diplomatic relations with independent former Soviet republicsb>

By theb> end ofb> 1991, theb> Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb> finally disintegrated, and its 15 republicsb> became independent countries.
In September, 1991, on theb> second day after theb> Soviet Union recognized theb> independence ofb> theb> three Baltic states ofb> Esthonia, latvia and Lithuania, Foreign Minister Qian Qichen sent telegrams to theb> foreign ministers ofb> these countries, recognizing their independence.
On December 27, Foreign Minister Qian Qichen sent a telegram to theb> foreign minister ofb> theb> Russian Federation, informing him that China had re-appointed Ambassador Wang Jinqing to theb> former Soviet Union as ambassador to theb> Russian Federation.

http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ziliao/3602/3604/t18019.htm (4539 words)



Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb>. Theb> Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05

Theb> NEP ushered in a period ofb> relative stability and prosperity, and in 1922 theb> treaty ofb> union formally joined Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and Transcaucasia (divided in 1936 into theb> Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijan republicsb>).
In September theb> Congress ofb> People’s Deputies voted for theb> dissolution ofb> theb> USSR, and discussions began which led to theb> Dec. 8 founding ofb> theb> Commonwealth ofb> Independent States.
He was replaced as first secretary ofb> theb> CPSU by Leonid I. Brezhnev (who in 1960 had become chairman ofb> theb> presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet) and as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin.

http://www.bartleby.com/65/un/UnionSov.html (4539 words)



Soviet Union - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Theb> main tasks ofb> theb> congress were theb> election ofb> theb> standing legislature, theb> Supreme Soviet, and theb> election ofb> theb> chairman ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet, who acted as head ofb> state.
A constitutionally based judicial branch ofb> government included a court system, headed by theb> Supreme Court, that was responsible for overseeing theb> observance ofb> Soviet law by government bodies.
After theb> dissolution ofb> theb> Soviet Union in 1991, theb> Russian Federation claimed to be theb> legal successor to theb> Soviet Union on theb> international stage despite its loss ofb> superpower status.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union (4539 words)



Soviet Union - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

Theb> Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as theb> union ofb> theb> Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republicsb> ruled by Bolshevik parties.
Theb> main tasks ofb> theb> congress were theb> election ofb> theb> standing legislature, theb> Supreme Soviet, and theb> election ofb> theb> chairman ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet, who acted as head ofb> state.
Theb> Supreme Soviet, which had an elected chairman who functioned as head ofb> state, oversaw theb> Council ofb> Ministers, which acted as theb> executive branch ofb> theb> government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union (5889 words)



CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OFb> THEb> UNION OFb> SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICSb>

Theb> State Emblem ofb> theb> Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb> is a hammer and sickle on a globe depicted in theb> rays ofb> theb> sun and framed by ears ofb> wheat, with theb> inscription "Workers ofb> All Countries, Unite!" in theb> languages ofb> theb> Union Republicsb>.
Theb> Procurator-General ofb> theb> USSR is appointed by theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR and is responsible and accountable to it and, between sessions ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet, to theb> Presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR.
Theb> Presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> USSR promulgates decrees and adopts decisions.

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/ussr.htm (10238 words)



"Theb> Event ofb> Our Era": Former Soviet Muslim Republicsb> Change theb> Middle East - article by Daniel Pipes

Muslims ofb> theb> former Soviet Union number some fifty-five million and live primarily in six southern republicsb>, one in theb> Transcaucasus (Azerbaijan) and five in Central Asia.
Muslims make up a majority in all these Southern Tier republicsb> except for Kazakhstan, where they constitute just 42 percent ofb> theb> population (Russians constitute about 36 percent).
Many political factions and religious groups in theb> Middle East look to theb> former Soviet citizens as their lifeblood, believing their own future to be largely determined by theb> outlook ofb> theb> former Soviet citizens.

http://www.danielpipes.org/article/242 (10238 words)



BIGpedia - Post-Soviet states - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online

In 1994, inflation reached 400% in Ukraine, and 1258% in Kazakhstan, but was comparitively lower in theb> Baltic states (reaching only 45.1% in Lithuania.) 1995 was theb> absolute nadir ofb> theb> economic plague in theb> Former Soviet Republicsb>.
While theb> peoples ofb> theb> former Soviet Republicsb> were anxious to accept theb> freedoms ofb> capitalism, it quickly became apparent that weening from five year plans was easier said than done.
Theb> Post-Soviet states, also commonly known as former Soviet republicsb>, are theb> independent nations which split off from theb> Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb> in its breakup in 1991.

http://www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/Post-Soviet_states (10238 words)



Radicus Internet - Former Soviet republicsb> in Central Asia

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- After agreeing to expand their alliance deep into theb> former Soviet bloc, NATO leaders were reaching out Friday to theb> Central Asian nations whose assistance proved vital in theb> U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
ASHKHABAD, Dec 29 (AFP) - An arrested opposition leader in theb> Central Asian republic ofb> Turkmenistan was shown on television Sunday with his face puffed, saying in slurred tones he had plotted to kill theb> president while under theb> influence ofb> drugs.
ASHKHABAD, Dec 18 (AFP) - Turkmen authorities have arrested theb> country's former foreign minister, ex-speaker ofb> parliament and former head ofb> state television in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President Saparmurat Niyazov, officials said.

http://www.radicus.net/news/listall/world.asia.central.asp (10238 words)



Encyclopedia: Soviet Socialist Republicsb>

Theb> republicsb> then all became independent states, with theb> post-Soviet governments in most cases consisting largely ofb> theb> govenment personnel ofb> theb> former Soviet republicsb>.
General practice in theb> republicsb> outside ofb> Russia was that theb> head ofb> state in a republic was a local official while theb> party general secretary was from outside theb> republic.
In addition, liberalization led to fractures within theb> party hierarchy which reduced Soviet control over theb> republicsb>.

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Soviet-Socialist-Republics (983 words)



Viktor Yushchenko - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

She is a Ukrainian-American born in Chicago and a former official with theb> U.S. State Department, where she worked as a special assistant to theb> Assistant Secretary ofb> State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.
Opponents ofb> Yushchenko have criticized her for remaining a U.S. citizen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Yuschenko (983 words)



Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb> on Encyclopedia.com

Theb> NEP ushered in a period ofb> relative stability and prosperity, and in 1922 theb> treaty ofb> union formally joined Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and Transcaucasia (divided in 1936 into theb> Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijan republicsb>).
He was replaced as first secretary ofb> theb> CPSU by Leonid I. Brezhnev (who in 1960 had become chairman ofb> theb> presidium ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet) and as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin.
Theb> death ofb> Stalin on Mar. 5, 1953, ushered in a new era in Soviet history.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/U/UnionS1ov.asp (5333 words)



Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb> -- Encyclopædia Britannica

Overview ofb> theb> Library ofb> Congress Soviet Archives Exhibit.
Writers' Union ofb> theb> U.S.S.R. organization formed in 1932 by a decree ofb> theb> Central Committee ofb> theb> Communist Party ofb> theb> Soviet Union that abolished existing literary organizations and absorbed all professional Soviet writers into one large union.
Theb> union supported Communist Party policies and was theb> defender and interpreter ofb> theb> single Soviet literary method, Socialist Realism.

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9105999?tocId=9105999 (5333 words)



MSN Encarta - Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb>

Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republicsb> (Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik), theb> original Communist dictatorship, theb> West’s principal adversary in theb> post-1945 hostility ofb> theb> Cold War, and a dominant force in international affairs until its collapse in 1991.
Conflict over constitutional and economic issues brought theb> Soviet Union to theb> brink ofb> civil war and prompted its disintegration into 15 volatile successor states in 1991.
Three-quarters ofb> Soviet territory was in theb> RSFSR (two-thirds ofb> that in Siberia and theb> Russian Far East) and 12 percent in Kazakhstan.

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553017/Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics.html (2974 words)



Religion in Former Soviet Republicsb> by James Billington

This is theb> first time theb> martyrs ofb> theb> Soviet period were recognized.
Theb> martyrs ofb> theb> Soviet era, theb> so-called "new martyrs," which theb> church abroad has always venerated and honored, were honored in April with a very moving liturgy in theb> Cathedral ofb> theb> Assumption inside theb> Kremlin.
Theb> rediscovery ofb> theb> lost martyrs ofb> theb> Soviet period can be summed up in theb> words ofb> one ofb> them when he entered theb> gulag and went off to his death.

http://www.georgetown.edu/centers/woodstock/report/r-fea31.htm (2974 words)



Arms

Coat ofb> Arms ofb> Lithuania Theb> Lithuania is theb> Vytis (theb> White Knight).
Coat ofb> Arms ofb> Cayman Islands Theb> Jamaica.
College ofb> Arms Theb> College ofb> Arms is a British institution responsible for granting St. Paul's cathedral.

http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/arms.html (2974 words)



History & Culture ofb> Russia / Overview

On December 25, Gorbachev resigned, and on midnight ofb> December 31, theb> Soviet flag atop theb> Kremlin was replaced by theb> Russian tricolour.
Theb> governments ofb> theb> Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe, subjected to theb> same rising tide ofb> public criticism, fell one after theb> other in a rapid series ofb> revolutions culminating in theb> fall ofb> theb> Berlin wall.
After three days theb> attempted coup had collapsed.

http://www.geographia.com/russia/rushis07.htm (2974 words)



A Five Plank Program for Trade and Investment With Eastern Europe and Theb> Former Soviet Republicsb>

It is equally important that Eastern Europe and theb> former Soviet republicsb> reduce their own trade barriers to enjoy theb> benefits ofb> freer trade, including steady growth.
For Eastern Europe and theb> former Soviet republicsb> to succeed in their transformation to free market economies, their trade with theb> West and their ability to attract foreign investment must increase dramatically.
Steel quotas will be removed next year and textile quotas have been eased, although political opposition from textile states makes complete elimination ofb> theb> quotas unlikely.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/BG862.cfm (2974 words)



Republicsb> ofb> theb> Soviet Union - Wikipedia, theb> free encyclopedia

General practice in theb> republicsb> outside ofb> Russia was that theb> head ofb> state in a republic was a local official while theb> party general secretary was from outside theb> republic.
In addition, liberalization led to fractures within theb> party hierarchy which reduced Soviet control over theb> republicsb>.
Soviet Union was formed by theb> Soviets (Councils) ofb> People's Deputies.

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Socialist_Republics (2974 words)



At Cold War's End: US Intelligence on theb> Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991

Boris Yel'tsin elected chairman ofb> theb> Supreme Soviet ofb> theb> Russian Republic.
It had some 560 adherents in theb> Supreme Soviet, and, in alliance with theb> Communist delegates, represented theb> overwhelming majority (700 plus) ofb> members ofb> parliament.
Theb> USSR renounced theb> "Brezhnev doctrine" and condemned theb> 1968 invasion ofb> Czechoslovakia.

http://www.odci.gov/csi/books/19335/art-1.html (2974 words)



History & Culture ofb> Russia / Overview

On December 25, Gorbachev resigned, and on midnight ofb> December 31, theb> Soviet flag atop theb> Kremlin was replaced by theb> Russian tricolour.
Theb> governments ofb> theb> Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe, subjected to theb> same rising tide ofb> public criticism, fell one after theb> other in a rapid series ofb> revolutions culminating in theb> fall ofb> theb> Berlin wall.
After three days theb> attempted coup had collapsed.

http://www.geographia.com/russia/rushis07.htm (1498 words)



U.S. Wants New Yalta Plan for Former Soviet Republicsb>

Despite placid public reassurances ofb> friendly relations between theb> U.S. and Russia, Putins government is furious that theb> U.S. has been working closely with several former Soviet states, cooperation it views as meddling in its backyard.
Putin has attempted to reassert Russian influence over theb> republicsb>, and Rumer and Sokolsky argue this policy is theb> result ofb> theb> emergence ofb> a broad consensus within Russia to restore an exclusive Russian sphere ofb> influence in its neighborhood.
But theb> scholars also note that this trend could easily put Russia on a collision course with theb> United States, which continues to champion theb> independence and sovereignty ofb> theb> former Soviet states.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/4/27/211921.shtml (1498 words)



Soviet Union

According to theb> most recent Soviet Constitution ofb> 1977, theb> Soviet Union theoretically was a federal state consisting ofb> fifteen republicsb> joined together in a voluntary union and theb> government had a federal structure (see Constitution ofb> theb> Soviet Union).
Soviet foreign policy played a major role determining theb> tenor ofb> international relations for nearly four decades, and theb> Soviet Union had official relations with theb> majority ofb> theb> nations ofb> theb> world by theb> late 1980s.
Russia was by far theb> largest Republic in theb> Soviet Union, dominating in nearly all respects: land area, population, economics, and political influence.

http://www.wikiverse.org/soviet-union (1498 words)



UNION OFb> SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICSb> -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia

Theb> union supported Communist Party policies and was theb> defender and interpreter ofb> theb> single Soviet literary method, Socialist Realism.
Overview ofb> this intelligence organization ofb> theb> former Union ofb> Soviet Socialist Republic.
Overview ofb> theb> Library ofb> Congress Soviet Archives Exhibit.

http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-9277506 (862 words)

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