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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© 1996 Robert Beard
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837

Translation by Novosti Press Agency
Publishing House
Moscow
1985