the Soviet Union during the existence lived by three basic laws.Soviet Constitution adopted in 1924, 1936 and 1977.The main changes in the law had its own logic.
features of the Constitution of the USSR in 1924 was that it had not proclaimed the equality of all citizens, as it happened after some European revolutions, but on the contrary, limited the rights of the representatives of all classes of society, except working.In addition, she wore in some of its foreign policy orientation of the provisions, in particular to create the proletarian state was declared to the world revolution, of course, accompanied by a ruthless suppression of the exploiters.The result of this process, according to the authors of the first Constitution of the USSR, was to become the World Socialist Republic.
Instead territorial division inherent in the Russian Empire, the new basic law of assumed national policy, according to which each of the nations inhabiting the USSR, received their land and the right to self-determination.In total there were four republics: the Transcaucasian Federation (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia), the Byelorussian SSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the RSFSR.Expert on ethnic relations in Lenin's Politburo considered IVStalin, and instructed him to develop this line.
USSR Constitution of 1924 introduced the all-Union citizenship, unified billing unit regulated by a variety of other issues, and sets the state border.
the Second Congress of Soviets was held in January, the number of the document took 31, ten days after the death of Lenin.
Constitution legislated the creation of the world's first state of the proletarian dictatorship.
question about the possibility of building socialism in one country for a long time been the subject of the fiercest debates between party factions.In the mid-thirties, even skeptics became clear that there is a new state, in spite of the hostile capitalist encirclement, and then there was imprecise formulation that socialism is built "mostly", but the final victory of his early to say.Moreover, it turned out that the state's role is not reduced, quite the contrary, is growing.In 1935, at the February Plenum of the CPSU (b) was formulated on the need to update the Constitution of the USSR.The commission included Radek, Litvinov, Bukharin and other old party members, and led her Stalin.
Eighth All-Union Congress of Soviets adopted the document 5 December of the following year.It was simply impossible to not take, because he was pretty composed.To evaluate the legal perfection of the act, it is enough to mention that the 1948 text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights included a whole chapter of Stalin's constitution.Liberty proclaimed all what you can imagine.All citizens have equal rights.While the objectives of the Soviet state remained the same, and the pursuit of world revolution has not been canceled.The new Constitution of the USSR it was discussed as if in passing, as a possible adoption of the new republics, whose first edition was eleven.
The text of the basic law to establish the fact that the eliminated exploiting classes, private property was declared an outlaw, but guaranteed the right to private property.
An important part of the Constitution was the one that determines the order changes.Such a possibility was the not out of place, until 1947, it has undergone seven amendments and one new edition.
In 1977, after making another three and a half dozen amendments adopted a new basic law.The existence of the world socialist system allows us to speak about the "final victory" a new social structure.In general, the text of the document was similar to the same statute, only the rights and freedoms became even more.Day of the Constitution of the Soviet Union began to celebrate on October 7 instead of December 5, the other changes Soviet citizens did not feel.
