Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923

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The Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 was an early foundational legal charter that structured the newly formed USSR’s federal government and institutions, including its highest judicial bodies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
foundational legal charter
alsoKnownAs 1923 Constitution of the USSR
first Constitution of the USSR
appliesToJurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
appliesToPeriod early Soviet period
characteristic centralized federal structure
codified union–republic division of powers
country Soviet Union
definesExecutiveBody Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR
definesFederalStructure union of republics
definesFederalUnit union republic
definesFormOfGovernment federal socialist state
definesJudicialBody Supreme Court of the USSR
definesPoliticalSystem one-party system
definesSupremeBody Congress of Soviets of the USSR
establishesGovernmentBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
establishesGovernmentType union of soviet socialist republics
linked to: Soviet Union
establishesInstitution Central Executive Committee of the USSR
Congress of Soviets of the USSR
Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR
Supreme Court of the USSR
highest judicial bodies of the USSR
governs federal institutions of the USSR
highest judicial bodies of the USSR
historicalContext early years of the Soviet Union
ideologyReflected Marxism–Leninism
inForceInCapital Moscow
language Russian
legalForm written constitution
legalStatus supreme law of the Soviet Union
legalSystem socialist law
purpose to define powers of the highest judicial bodies of the USSR
to structure the newly formed USSR’s federal government and institutions
region Eurasia
regulatesRelationshipBetween Union government and union republics
replacedBy Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1936
rulingPartyRecognized Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
subjectMatter competences of union and republic authorities
judicial system of the USSR
organization of central government bodies
rights and duties of citizens
state structure of the USSR

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Supreme Court of the Soviet Union establishedBy Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923
1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union precededBy 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union
linked to: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union constitutionalBasis 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union
linked to: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923
Soviet government constitution 1924 Soviet Constitution
linked to: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923
Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 alsoKnownAs 1923 Constitution of the USSR
linked to: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923
Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 alsoKnownAs first Constitution of the USSR
linked to: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923
Constitution of the RSFSR (1925) basedOn Constitution of the USSR (1924)
linked to: Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923