Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR

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The Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR was the highest legislative body of Soviet-era Lithuania, functioning as a nominal parliament under the control of the Communist Party.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former legislature ⓘ
supreme soviet ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction Vilnius ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
countryEstablishedFor Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
deFactoRole nominal parliament under control of the Communist Party ⓘ
deJureRole highest legislative body of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
dissolved 11 March 1990 ⓘ
1990 ⓘ
followed People's Seimas ⓘ
governingIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
hadCommittee Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Lithuania ⓘ
inception 1940 ⓘ
jurisdiction Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1990 transformed into Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ
legalSystemContext Soviet law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
legislativeProcess rubber-stamp approval of decisions of the Communist Party ⓘ
locatedIn Vilnius ⓘ
mainFunction formal approval of laws and plans drafted by party and government organs ⓘ
meetsIn Seimas Palace ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
officialLanguage Lithuanian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
oversightRole limited and largely symbolic ⓘ
parentOrganization Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf political system of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
political system of the Soviet Union ⓘ
politicalSystemContext one-party socialist state ⓘ
powerStructure subordinate to executive and party leadership ⓘ
relatedBody Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
replacedBy Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ
linked to: Seimas

Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ
selectionOfDeputies formally elected but effectively pre-selected by the Communist Party ⓘ
significantDevelopment increasing autonomy and national movement representation in late 1980s ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania ⓘ
significantEventDate 11 March 1990 ⓘ
significantPeriod perestroika ⓘ
stateForm union republic legislature within a federal socialist state ⓘ
subordinateTo Communist Party of Lithuania ⓘ
Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
typeOfParliament nominally representative body ⓘ
votingSystem single-candidate elections ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic → legislature → Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
Supreme Council of Lithuania → precededBy → Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR → hadJudgesAppointedBy → Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ
Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR → subordinateTo → Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ