Supreme Soviet of Russia
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (Russian: Верховный Совет РСФСР, Verkhovny Sovet RSFSR), later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (Russian: Верховный Совет Российской Федерации, Verkhovny Sovet Rossiyskoy Federatsii), was the supreme government institution of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990; in 1990–1993 it was a permanent legislature (parliament), elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation.
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation Верховный Совет РСФСР Верховный Совет Российской Федерации | |
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| Coat of arms before (left) and after (right) the dissolution of the Soviet Union | |
| Type | |
| Type | Supreme Council
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| Chambers | Council of Nationalities Council of the Republic |
| History | |
| Established | 15 July 1938 |
| Disbanded | 4 October 1993 |
| Preceded by | All-Russian Congress of Soviets Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1991) |
| Succeeded by | Constitutional Conference of Russia Federal Assembly of Russia |
| Leadership | |
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet | Ruslan Khasbulatov (last) |
Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities | |
Chairman of the Soviet of Republic | Veniamin Sokolov |
| Seats | Dynamic (1 deputy per 150,000 citizens) (1938–1978) 975 (1978–1990) 252 (1990–1993) |
| Elections | |
Last general election | 16 May–22 June 1990 First session of the Congress of People's Deputies of Russia (indirect)* |
| Meeting place | |
| White House | |
| Footnotes | |
| ^ Last direct general elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR were held in 1985. Powers of that Supreme Soviet (XI convocation) had expired in May 1990 (just some months after passage of the 1989 constitutional amendments) | |
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR was established to be similar in structure to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1938, instead of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets as the highest organ of power of Russia.
In the 1940s, the Supreme Soviet Presidium and the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR were located in the former mansion of counts Osterman (3 Delegatskaya Street), which was later in 1991 given to a museum. The sessions were held in Grand Kremlin Palace. In 1981 the Supreme Soviet was moved to a specially constructed building on Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, The House of Soviets.
The Supreme Soviet was abolished in October 1993 (after the events of Russia's 1993 constitutional crisis) and replaced by the Federal Assembly of Russia (consists of the Federation Council of Russia and State Duma).