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Supreme Soviet of Russia

Supreme government institution of Russian SFSR


Supreme government institution of Russian SFSR

FieldValue
nameSupreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation
native_name
Верховный Совет РСФСР
Верховный Совет Российской Федерации
countryRussia
house_typeSupreme Council
house1Soviet of Republic
house2Soviet of Nationalities (1991–1993)
coa_pic[[File:Emblem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1978–1991), Emblem of the Russian Federation (1991–1992).svg100px]] [[File:Coat of arms of the Russian Federation (1992-1993).svg100px]]
coa_captionCoat of arms before (left) and after (right) the dissolution of the Soviet Union
background_color
leader1_typeChairman of the Supreme Soviet
leader1Ruslan Khasbulatov (last)
term_leader11991—1993
leader2_typeChairman of the Soviet of Nationalities
leader2Ramazan Abdulatipov
term_leader21990—1993
leader3_typeChairman of the Soviet of Republic
leader3Veniamin Sokolov
term_leader31993
membersDynamic (1 deputy per 150,000 citizens) (1938–1978)
975 (1978–1990)
252 (1990–1993)
chambersSoviet of Nationalities
Soviet of the Republic
meeting_placeWhite House
last_election316 May–22 June 1990
First session of the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia (indirect)
established15 July 1938
preceded_byAll-Russian Congress of Soviets
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1991)
disbanded4 October 1993
succeeded_byConstitutional Conference of Russia
Federal Assembly of Russia
voting_system3Plurality voting system (direct elections via single-member districts, 1938–1989)
Indirect election by Congress of People's Deputies of Russia (1990–1993)
session_roomWhite House Moscow (1992).jpg
footnotesLast direct general elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR [were held in 1985](1985-soviet-union-regional-elections). Powers of that Supreme Soviet (XI convocation) had expired in May 1990 (just some months after passage of the 1989 constitutional amendments)

Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation Верховный Совет РСФСР Верховный Совет Российской Федерации

  • Unicameral (until 1990)
  • Bicameral (from 1990) 975 (1978–1990) 252 (1990–1993) Soviet of the Republic First session of the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia (indirect) Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1991) Federal Assembly of Russia Indirect election by Congress of People's Deputies of Russia (1990–1993) The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, later the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation, was the highest organ of state authority of the Russian SFSR from 1938 to 1990; between 1990 and 1993, it was the permanent organ of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation.Article 107. Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation is an agency of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation and a permanently functioning legislative, administrative, and supervisory agency of state power of the Russian Federation :Article 107 of the Russian Constitution of 1978 (with amendments of 1989-1992), also partially available in English

The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR was established to be similar in structure to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1938, replacing the All-Russian Congress of Soviets 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 (3 Delegatskaya Street), 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).

1938–1990

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR

Prior to 1990, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was head of state of the Russian SFSR but 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

NamePeriod
Alexei Badaev19 July 1938 – 4 March 1944
Ivan Vlasov (Acting Chairman)9 April 1943 – 4 March 1944
Nikolay Shvernik4 March 1944 – 25 June 1946
Ivan Vlasov25 June 1946 – 7 July 1950
Mikhail Tarasov7 July 1950 – 16 April 1959
Nikolai Ignatov16 April–26 November 1959
Nikolai Organov26 November 1959 – 20 December 1962
Nikolai Ignatov20 December 1962 – 14 November 1966)
*Vacant*
(Vice-Chairmen: Timofey Akhazov and Pyotr Sysoyev)14 November – 23 December 1966
Mikhail Yasnov23 December 1966 – 26 March 1985
Vladimir Orlov26 March 1985 – 3 October 1988
Vitaly Vorotnikov3 October 1988 – 29 May 1990

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990

NamePeriod
Andrei Zhdanov15 July 1938 – 20 June 1947
Mikhail Tarasov20 June 1947 – 14 March 1951
Leonid Solovyov14 March 1951 – 23 March 1955
Ivan Goroshkin23 March 1955 – 15 April 1959
Vasily Prokhorov15 April 1959 – 4 April 1963
Vasily Krestyaninov4 April 1963 – 11 April 1967
Mikhail Millionshchikov11 April 1967 – 27 May 1973
Vladimir Kotelnikov30 July 1973 – 25 March 1980
Nikolai Gribachev25 March 1980 – 16 May 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 position of the Russian head of state passed directly to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR in May 1990.

From 1990 to 1993 the Supreme Soviet consisted of 252 deputies in the two equal chambers—the Soviet of the Republic under Chairman Veniamin Sokolov, and the Soviet of Nationalities under 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 the special 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

NamePeriod
Boris Yeltsin29 May 1990 – 10 July 1991
Ruslan Khasbulatov (acting)10 July 1991 – 29 October 1991
Ruslan Khasbulatov29 October 1991 – 4 October 1993

First Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR/Federation 1990-1993

NamePeriod
Ruslan Khasbulatov29 May 1990 – 10 July 1991
Sergey Filatov1 November 1991 – January 1993
Yuri VoroninJanuary 1993 – October 1993

Notes

References

References

  1. "Building History".
  2. link. All-Russian Museum of Decorative Applied and Folk Art
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