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| | Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The main tasks of the congress were the election of the standing legislature, the Supreme Soviet, and the election of the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, who acted as head of state. | | | The Supreme Court supervised the lower courts and applied the law, as established by the Constitution or as interpreted by the Supreme Soviet. | | | The Supreme Soviet, which had an elected chairman who functioned as head of state, oversaw the Council of Ministers, which acted as the executive branch of the government. |
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| | CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS |
| | The Procurator-General of the USSR is appointed by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and is responsible and accountable to it and, between sessions of the Supreme Soviet, to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. | | | The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR promulgates decrees and adopts decisions. | | | The Chairmen of the Supreme Courts of Union Republics are _ex officio_ members of the Supreme Court of the USSR. |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Encyclopedia.com |
| | The NEP ushered in a period of relative stability and prosperity, and in 1922 the treaty of union formally joined Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and Transcaucasia (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Armenian, and Azerbaijan republics). | | | He was replaced as first secretary of the CPSU by Leonid I. Brezhnev (who in 1960 had become chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet) and as premier by Alexei N. Kosygin. | | | The death of Stalin on Mar. 5, 1953, ushered in a new era in Soviet history. |
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| | History & Culture of Russia / Overview |
| | In the spring of 1989, the first open elections since 1917 were held, allowing voters a novel choice of more than one candidate for seats in the Congress of People's Deputies. | | | The next morning the coup leaders issued the announcement that Gorbachev had resigned and that a state of emergency had been declared. | | | Restructuring began in earnest, with a vigorous housecleaning of the bureaucracy and a significant investigation into corruption. |
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| | UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
| | Labor Unions: Teddy Roosevelt and the Coalminer's Strike | | | Overview of the Library of Congress Soviet Archives Exhibit. | | | Teddy Roosevelt's intervention in a 1902 coalminer's strike had a lasting impact on the American labor movement. |
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| | Republics of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | General practice in the republics outside of Russia was that the head of state in a republic was a local official while the party general secretary was from outside the republic. | | | In addition, liberalization led to fractures within the party hierarchy which reduced Soviet control over the republics. | | | The republics then all became independent states, with the post-Soviet governments in most cases consisting largely of the government personnel of the former Soviet republics. |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | Eventually, Lenin and his successor Joseph Stalin implemented a government of totalitarian rule which encompassed most of the neighbouring states. | | | This became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which was established in 1924. |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | This war led to the USSR becoming a superpower. | | | The difficulties of war, from both World War I and civil war were impoverishing the country and lowering moral. | | | WWII was followed by the Cold War in which Soviet led Eastern European nations and American led Western nations were on unfriendly terms. |
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| | Regional Overview:Central Europe and the Republics of the Former Soviet Union |
| | The rule of law is better rooted than in the Soviet era; privatization of the media has meant less dependence on government; and many more emboldened and better-trained journalists in their twenties, who were teenagers during the revolutions, have appeared. | | | Currently, not a single journalist in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe is in prison for his or her work. | | | Reporters were held for only short periods, or, as in Russia and Kazakhstan, served some months in pretrial detention but were released after international campaigns in which CPJ played a prominent part. |
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| | The 15 republics of the Soviet Union were: Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldavia, Latvia, Kirghizistan, Tadzhikistan, Armenia, Turkmenia, Estonia. | | | See also: Glossary of Organisations: USSR for information on the government and peoples of the USSR. | | | By 1946 the Soviet Union was comprised of 15 soviet federated socialist republics (S.F.S.R.), including 6 territories, 123 regions, 20 autonomous republics, 8 autonomous regions and 10 autonomous districts. |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | "The friendship of the peoples of Germany and the Soviet Union, cemented by blood, has every reason to be lasting and firm." | | | - Josef Stalin, Soviet Dictator (July 3, 1941, speaking about the non-aggression pact between the USSR and Germany made on 1939) | | | Not only to eliminate the danger hanging over our heads, but to aid all people groaning under the yoke of Fascism." |
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| | Reisenett: Russia and the Former Soviet Republics Maps |
| | Soviet Union Coal and Major Minerals 1982 (230K) | | | Soviet Union Petroleum Refining and Chemical Industry 1982 (186K) | | | Ethnic Groups in Southern Soviet Union and Neighboring Middle Eastern Countries 1986 (712K) |
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| | Maps of USSR - Soviet Union Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ... |
| | Copyright © 1999 Photius Coutsoukis (all rights reserved) | | | Maps of USSR - Soviet Union Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System | | | Please put this page in your BOOKMARKS - - - - - |
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