CONSTITUTION
(FUNDAMENTAL LAW)OF
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Table of Contents
PREAMBLE
I. PRINCIPLES OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND POLICY OF THE USSR
Chapter 1: The Political System
Chapter 2: The Economic System
Chapter 3: Social Development and Culture
Chapter 4: Foreign Policy
Chapter 5: Defence of the Socialist Motherland
II. THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL
Chapter 6: Citizenship of the USSR / Equality of Citizens' Rights
Chapter 7: The Basic Rights, Freedoms, and Duties of Citizens of the USSR
III. THE NATIONAL-STATE STRUCTURE OF THE USSR
Chapter 8: The USSR--A Federal State
Chapter 9: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Chapter 10: The Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Chapter 11: The Autonomous Region and Autonomous Area
IV. SOVIETS OF PEOPLE'S DEPUTIES AND ELECTORAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 12: The System of Soviets of People's Deputies and the Principles of their Work
Chapter 13: The Electoral System
Chapter 14: Peoples Deputies
V. HIGHER BODIES OF STATE AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE USSR
Chapter 15: The Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Chapter 16: The Council of Ministers of the USSR
VI. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE BODIES OF STATE AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATION IN UNION REPUBLICS
Chapter 17: Higher Bodies of State Authority and Administration of a Union Republic
Chapter 18: Higher Bodies of State Authority and Administration of an Autonomous Republic
Chapter 19: Local Bodies of State Authority and Administration
VII. JUSTICE, ARBITRATION, AND PROCURATOR'S SUPERVISION
Chapter 20: Courts and Arbitration
Chapter 21:The Procurator's Office
VIII. THE EMBLEM, FLAG, ANTHEM, AND CAPITAL OF THE USSR
IX. THE LEGAL FORCE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE USSR AND PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION
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Translation by
Novosti Press Agency
© 1996 Robert Beard
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837
Publishing House
Moscow
1985