Soviet of Nationalities

Soviet of Nationalities

Совет Национальностей
Legislative body in the Soviet Union
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
Established1938
Disbanded21 October 1991
Preceded byCongress of Soviets
Succeeded bySoviet of the Republics (in USSR)
Soviet of Nationalities (in Russia)
CIS Interparliamentary Assembly
Leadership
Structure
Political groups
Composition after the 1984 election:
  Communist Party of the Soviet Union (521)
  Independents (229)
Elections
Direct elections (until 1989)
Elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR (from 1989)
Last election
1984 Soviet Union legislative election
Meeting place
Kremlin Presidium, Moscow Kremlin

The Soviet of Nationalities (Russian: Совет Национальностей, Sovyet Natsionalnostey[a]) was the upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage in accordance with the principles of Soviet democracy. Until democratization in the late-1980s, however, only a single candidate nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was permitted to stand for election in each constituency. It was briefly succeeded by the Soviet of the Republics from October to December of 1991. As opposed to the Soviet of the Union, the Soviet of Nationalities was composed of the nationalities of the Soviet Union, which in turn followed administrative division rather than being a representation of ethnic groups.
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