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| | CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW) OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS |
 | | The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR promulgates decrees and adopts decisions. | | | 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 Council of Minister of the USSR shall be responsible and accountable to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and, between sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. |
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| | Soviet Union -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | 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, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, and the Council of Ministers had substantial authority to enact laws, decrees, resolutions, and orders binding on the population. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | 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. | | | Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia were from 1922 until 1936 organized in the Transcaucasian SFSR. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | Nikita Khrushchev, the main leader from 1953 to 1964, and his successor, Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982), blunted the Stalinist terror but shied away from fundamental reforms. | | | They could join only associations approved by the CPSU. | | | Conflict over constitutional and economic issues brought the Soviet Union to the brink of civil war and prompted its disintegration into 15 volatile successor states in 1991. |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Overview of the Library of Congress Soviet Archives Exhibit. | | | the major political party of Russia and the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution of October 1917 to 1991. | | | Contains an article that traces the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. |
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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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| | Baltic Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | The Baltic Soviet Socialist Republics of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, which were independent states from 1918 to 1940, were incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940. | | | A German invasion in 1941 was repulsed four years later, and all three areas became part of the Soviet Union. | | | When the Soviet government began to hinder movement to the Baltic States by refusing to provide residence permits, many turned to Moldavia, where they hoped for advantages similar to those found in the Baltics. |
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| | Formation of the USSR |
| | Expressing this will, the All-Union Congress of Soviets held in Moscow on December 30, 1922 accepted the Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). | | | These historic documents, signed by the members of the plenipotentiary delegations from the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, and the Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Federative Republic (Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia) and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic are displayed under the photograph of the delegates to the First All-Union Congress of Soviets | | | Among the exhibit items are numerous letters from workers, resolutions of meetings and the decisions of congresses of Soviets of the Republics, expressing the single will of the working people of all nationalities of the huge country to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) for the construction of socialism. |
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| | U. S. S. R. 1944-1992 - nationalanthems.info |
| | See also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1944), Russia, Armenia (1944-1991), Azerbaijan (1978-1992), Belarus (1955-1991), Estonia (1945-1990), Georgia (1946-1991), Karelia (1950s-1956), Kazakhstan (1945-1992), Kyrgyzstan (1946-1992), Latvia (1945-1990), Lithuania (1950-1990), Moldova (1945-1991), Tajikistan (1946-1992), Turkmenistan (1946-1997), Ukraine (1949-1991), Uzbekistan (1947-1992). | | | On June, 18, 1943 the deputy prime minister of the USSR Marshal Kliment Voroshilov and Party’s Secretary Alexander Shcherbakov for about two hours had been instructing about 20 soviet poets and composers what anthem they should create: “Its lyrics must live decades at least, and maybe, and even for sure, hundreds years. | | | It has since been readopted as the official anthem of Russia, but with new words to reflect its new democratic nature. |
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| | RUSSIA NEWS RUSSIAN NEWS HavenWorks.com/world/russia capital: Moscow, Russia - Russian Federation, Rossiyskaya ... |
| | Seven more guerrillas were reported killed in an outlying district and 17 were captured."... | | | "At least 24 law enforcers, 12 civilians and 65 guerrillas have died in the two days of fighting in Nalchik, capital of the predominantly Muslim republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, authorities said. | | | After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, he worked with the U.S. government to encourage a jihad against the Red Army. |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Bibliography |
| | Ideology, Politics, and Government in the Soviet Union | | | Expansion and Coexistence: Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917 to 1973 | | | The Soviet Paradox: External Expansion and Internal Decline |
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| | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| | This page is dedicated to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, its Army, Culture, History, and its Greatness! |
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| | The Avalon Project : Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941: Treaty of Nonaggression Between Germany and the Union of Soviet ... |
| | Both High Contracting Parties obligate, themselves to desist from any act of violence, any aggressive action, and any attack on each other, either individually or jointly with other powers. | | | The Government of the German Reich and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics desirous of strengthening the cause of peace between Germany and the U.S.S.R and proceeding from the fundamental provisions of the Neutrality Agreement concluded in April 1926 between Germany and the U.S.S.R., have reached the following agreement: | | | The Avalon Project : Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941: Treaty of Nonaggression Between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. |
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| | Salt Lake Tribune - Opinion |
| | Fidel Castro and his Cuban comrades will all fall back when we do. | | | Russia and the other former members of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Australia, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas - and even the Turks and Caicos Islands will all fall back at the same time. | | | Scores of other countries, including Iraq, Syria and New Zealand have already fallen back to standard time, most on October 1. |
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| | Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the Republic of Turkey and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (in French) |
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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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