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Type Supreme Council
Unicameral (up to 1990)
Bicameral Chambers Council of Nationalities
Council of the Republic Preceded by VTsIK and All-Russian Congress of Soviets Succeeded by Federal Assembly of Russia | ||
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (Russian: Верховный Совет РСФСР, Verkhovnıy Sovet RSFSR), later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (Russian: Верховный Совет Российской Федерации, Verkhovnıy Sovet Rossiyskoi Federatsii) was the supreme government institution of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990; in 1990–1993 it was a permanent parliament, elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation).
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The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR was established as similar structure as the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1938, instead of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) as the highest organ of power of Russia.
In the 1940s, the Supreme Soviet Presidium and the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR were located in the former mansion of counts Osterman (str Delegatskaya, 3), which was later in 1991 given to a museum. The sessions were held in Grand Kremlin Palace. In 1981 the Supreme Soviet was moved to a specially constructed building on Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, The House of Soviets.
The Supreme Soviet was abolished in October 1993 (after the events of Russia's 1993 constitutional crisis) and replaced by the Federal Assembly of Russia (consists of the Federation Council of Russia and State Duma), whose powers are weaker than Supreme Council ones.
1938–1990
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR for election of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
Prior to 1990, de jure leader of the Russian Federation, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, exercised only nominal powers. In contrast to other Soviet republics of the Soviet Union, the Russian SFSR did not have its own Communist Party and did not have its own first secretaries (which in other republics are relatively independent of power) until 1990.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990
1990–1993
Following the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian SFSR in October 1989, the office of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was removed, and the leadership of the Supreme Soviet in May 1990 passed directly to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.
From 1990–1993 the Supreme Soviet consisted of 252 deputies in the two equal chambers—the Soviet of the Republic (Chairman: Veniamin Sokolov) and the Soviet of Nationalities (Chairman: Ramazan Abdulatipov). However, the bicameral Supreme Soviet was nominal, because the major decisions were adopted as joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions of all chambers; many of legislative committees were shared between these chambers. The Supreme Soviet of Russia ceased to exist after the events of September–October 1993.
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR/Federation in 1990-1993
First Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR/Federation 1990-1993