Type Unicameral Disbanded 5 December 1936 | Established 30 December 1922 | |
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Preceded by Congresses of Soviet republics All-Russian Congress of Soviets All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets All-Belarussian Congress of Soviets All-Caucasian Congress of Soviets Succeeded by Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union | ||
The Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union (Russian: Съезд Советов Советский Союз), was the supreme governing body in the Soviet Union since the formation of the USSR (30 December 1922) and until adoption of the 1936 Soviet Constitution.
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Election
Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union was composed of representatives from the councils of all the Soviet republics on the following standards: from the City Council - 1 member from 25 thousand voters, from provincial (regional, territorial) and Republican congresses - 1 member from the 125 thousand residents. Delegates to the All-Union Congress were elected at the provincial (regional, territorial) autonomous republican congresses of the Soviets, or (if republic did not have provincial (and then provincial, regional) congresses) - directly at the Congress of Soviets of the union republic.
Powers
The exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress of Soviets consists of:
Congress of the Soviets shall determine the general direction of all public bodies, elect a Central Executive Committee of the USSR, responsible to Congress accountable to it.
The only chairman of the Presidium of the Congress was Mikhail Kalinin.