What is Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union?
The '''Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''' ({{lang-rus|Верховный Совет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик|r=Verkhovnyy Sovet Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik}}) was the legislative body of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] (USSR), and the only one with the power to approve [[Constitution of the Soviet Union|constitutional]] amendments. The Supreme Soviet elected the USSR's [[Head of state#Multiple or collective heads of state| head of state]], the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|Presidium]];<ref name=Armstrong>{{cite book |last=Armstrong |first=John Alexander |title=Ideology, Politics, and Government in the Soviet Union: An Introduction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZH9nkBOxrZQC&q=presidium+of+the+supreme+soviet+collective+head+of+state&pg=PA165 |publisher=[[University Press of America]] |location=Lanham, MD / New York City / London |edition=fourth |year=1986 |orig-year=1978 |access-date=November 26, 2016 |isbn=0-8191-5405-9}}</ref> and appointed the [[Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union|Council of Ministers]], the [[Supreme Court of the Soviet Union|Supreme Court]], and the [[Procurator General of the USSR]]. The body was created in 1936 and was abolished in 1991. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Soviet Union topics}} {{authority control}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Politics of the Soviet Union]] [[Category:1936 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1936 establishments in Asia]] [[Category:1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union]]