Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Української РСР, romanizedVerkhovna Rada Ukrainskoi RSR; Russian: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР, romanizedVerkhovny Sovet Ukrainskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) and the highest organ of state power of Ukraine when it was known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR), one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet was Ukraine's sole branch of government and, per the principle of unified power, all state organs were subservient to it. It was established in 1937 replacing the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets.[2]

Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR

  • Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Української РСР
  • Russian: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР

  • Verkhovna Rada Ukrains'koi RSR
  • Verkhovnyy Sovet Ukrainskoy SSR
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR (1937–1941), (1944–1991)
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Established
  • 1937
  • 1947 (re-establishment)
Disbanded
Preceded byAll-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets
Succeeded byVerkhovna Rada
Leadership
Chairman
Elections
Last election
1990
Meeting place
Verkhovna Rada building, Soviet Square, Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Before demokratizatsiya, the Supreme Soviet had been characterized as a rubber stamp for the Soviet Ukrainian regime or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity and salience to the regime by the Ukrainian Communist Party, similar to all other supreme soviets in the union republics. The 1990 election in Ukraine was the first in the Ukrainian SSR where opposition parties were permitted to run.[3]

History

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The first elections for the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR were held on 25–28 July 1938. A total of 304 deputies were elected and Mykhailo Burmystenko was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.[4]

List of chairmen

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After Burmystenko's death in 1941, the position of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was vacant until 1947. The longest-serving Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was Oleksandr Korniychuk.

Portrait Chairman From To
  Mykhailo Burmystenko 25 July 1938 9 September 1941
  Oleksandr Korniychuk 1947 1953
  Pavlo Tychyna 1953 1959
  Oleksandr Korniychuk 1959 1972
  Mykhailo Bilyi 1972 1980
  Kostiantyn Sytnyk 1980 1985
  Platon Kostiuk 1985 4 June 1990
  Vladimir Ivashko 4 June 1990 9 July 1990
  Leonid Kravchuk 23 July 1990 5 December 1991

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Toy parliament until March 1990
  2. ^ "75 лет со дня образования Донецкой области". dn.archives.gov.ua. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ Whitmore, Sarah (2004). State-building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian Parliament, 1990–2003. Routledge. ISBN 9781134321483.
  4. ^ Военный вестник (in Russian). Изд-во "Красная звезда". 1938.