SovietUnion sidebar Soviet of the Union lang ru , Soviet Soyuza ref lang uk lang be lang kk lang lt Sajungos Taryba lang mo C lang lv Savien bas Padome lang et Liidu N ukogu ref , was one of the two chambers of parliament chamber s of the Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnion Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnionUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics , elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot in accordance with the principles of Soviet democracy , and with the rule that there be one deputy for every 300,000 people until Glasnost and the SovietUnion legislative election, 1989 1989 elections however, only the communist candidates were permitted to participate in the elections . As opposed to the Soviet of Nationalities , the Soviet of the Union represented the interests of all of the people of the SovietUnion no matter what their nationality was. The Soviet of the Union had the same rights and Jurisdiction competence as the Soviet of Nationalities, including the right for legislative initiative. The Soviet of the Union elected a chairman who would lead the sessions of the chamber , his 4 deputies and permanent committee commission s Mandates, Legislative Proposals, Budget Planning, Foreign Affairs , Youth Affairs, Industry, Transportation and Communications, Construction and Industry of Building ... Environment . See also Wikisourcelang en 1977 Constitution of the USSR 1977 Soviet Constitution Wikisourcelang en 1936 Constitution of the USSR 1936 Soviet Constitution Chairman of the Soviet of the Union 1977 Soviet Constitution 1936 Soviet Constitution References references DEFAULTSORT Soviet Of The Union Category Government of the SovietUnion Category Historical legislatures Category 1938 establishments in the SovietUnion Category 1991 disestablishments ca Soviet de la Uni es S viet de la Uni n eu Batasuneko Sobiet fr Soviet de l Union it Soviet dell Unione lt TSRS Auk iausiosios ... more details
br Indirect election Elected by Congress of People s Deputies of the SovietUnion 1989 1991 last election1 SovietUnion legislative election, 1984 4 March 1984 last direct election br 25 May 1990 last and only indirect election The Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnion lang ru , Verkh vnyj Sov t SSSR was the Supreme Soviet highest legislative body in the SovietUnion ref The Congress ... of the SovietUnion was the supreme governing body. ref and the only one with the power to pass ... art.xml?art bse 00013 01900.htm here ref The Soviet of the Union , elected on the basis ... from each union Republics of the SovietUnion republic excluding the autonomous republics, autonomous ... from each Autonomous republics of the SovietUnion autonomous republic , five from each Republics of the SovietUnion Autonomous oblasts of the SovietUnion autonomous oblast region , and one from each ... and the SovietUnion legislative election, 1989 partially free elections in 1989 , the Supreme Soviet ... of the Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnion This position was held by four people at once. Grigory ... Supreme Soviet Of The SovietUnion Category Government of the SovietUnion Category Defunct bicameral legislatures Category 1938 establishments in the SovietUnion Category 1991 disestablishments bg ...Infobox Legislature Historic background color darkslategray text color White name Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnion native name entity type Country entity SovietUnion type Bicameral image Coat of arms of the Soviet Union.svg image size 150px caption members 542 at dissolution br 1500 at peak location chambers Soviet of Nationalities Council of the Republics br Soviet of the Union year 1938 before Congress of Soviets of the SovietUnion Congress of Soviets and the Central Executive Committee of the SovietUnion year2 1991 after Congress of People s Deputies of the SovietUnion Congress of People s Deputies hidden begin title Several post Soviet states post Soviet br Supreme ... more details
Sport overview country SovietUnion sport rugby union image Coat of arms of the Soviet Union.svg imagesize 250px caption The Soviet Coat of Arms union Rugby Federation of the SovietUnion nickname first ... World Series club1 Soviet Championship rugby club2 Soviet Cup rugby countryflag SovietUnion Rugby union in the SovietUnion was a moderately popular sport. It was most popular in the Georgian Soviet ... following due to the vast size of the SovietUnion, but was never a major sport despite many ... of rail transport workers Trade unions in the SovietUnion Trade Unions . ref name Solomatin Solomatin ... Krasnoyarsk Climate was a particular problem for rugby in the SovietUnion. In 1978, a game in the RSFSR ... of the SovietUnion, snow covers most areas by November, hindering many forms of outdoor recreation .... Officially, the Rugby Federation of the USSR RFUSSR sometimes translated as the Rugby Union of the SovietUnion was the top governing body of Soviet rugby and centrally controlled. However, as a Soviet .... There were some thirty six sports societies in the SovietUnion, and all but two were run by trade ... Army Sports Club , which administered rugby in garrisons throughout the SovietUnion and was centrally ... advocates of the sport in the SovietUnion. By a stange coincidence, he died in Menton , France ... rugby begin to establish a firm base. Indigenous football codes The SovietUnion had a number of different ... was held in the Sovietunion in 1934, critics compared it to a battle of gladiators. ref name ... The SovietUnion national rugby union team Soviet international team played their first match against ... union in Yugoslavia Yugoslavia , Rugby union in Hungary Hungary and into the Rugby union in Soviet ... the Soviet Embassy. However, they received a stern letter from the Rugby Football Union telling them ... to improve the standard of refereeing too. The development of the game in the SovietUnion has to be based .... ref name ThauSovRug3 Thau, Soviet Rugby , p 47 8 ref Break up of SovietUnion main History of the Soviet ... more details
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Repression in the SovietUnion There were many forms of Political repression repression in the SovietUnion carried out by the Soviet government and the ruling Communist Party of the SovietUnion Communist Party . Political repression in the SovietUnion Economic repression in the SovietUnion Ideological repression in the SovietUnion References reflist Category History of the SovietUnion and Soviet Russia soviet stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The SovietUnion had several kinds of subnational entities Republics of the SovietUnion Autonomous republics of the SovietUnion Oblast Oblasts of the SovietUnion Oblasts of the SovietUnion Autonomous oblasts of the SovietUnion Autonomous okrugs of the SovietUnion In addition, some cities and regions, while located within subnational entities had special status Closed cities a Republican subordination Oblast centers DEFAULTSORT Subdivisions Of The SovietUnion Category Subdivisions of the SovietUnionSoviet stub zh ... more details
The electoral system of the SovietUnion was based upon Chapter XI of the Constitution of the SovietUnion and by the Electoral Laws enacted in conformity with it. The Constitution and laws apply to elections in all Soviets, from the Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnion Supreme Soviets of the USSR , the Republics of the SovietUnionUnion republics and Autonomous republics of the SovietUnion autonomous republics , through to regions, districts and towns. Voting was Secret vote secret and Direct elections direct via universal suffrage . ref Leonard Bertram Schapiro, The government and politics of the SovietUnion , Taylor & Francis, 1977, ISBN 0091317215 ref A 1945 decree allowed for members of the Red Army stationed outside the SovietUnion to vote for both chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR the Soviet of the Union and Soviet of Nationalities in special 100,000 member districts. These were first enacted in the 1946 legislative elections and continued through the next decades as the Red Army continued its presence in the Eastern bloc . ref The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law . Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers Dordrecht 1987 112. ref See also Soviet democracy References reflist SovietUnion topics Soviet elections Category Elections in the SovietUnionSoviet stub ... more details
SovietUnion sidebar The Supreme Court of the USSR lang ru was the supreme court of the SovietUnion during its existence. The Supreme Court of the USSR included the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR and other elements which were not typical of Supreme Courts found in other countries, then or now. See also People s Court SovietUnion People s Court of the USSR Procurator General of the SovietUnion Procurator General of the USSR Ministry of Justice SovietUnion Ministry of Justice of the USSR SovietUnion topics Category National supreme courts Sov Category Government of the SovietUnion Category Law enforcement in the SovietUnion Category 1923 establishments in the SovietUnion Category 1992 disestablishments Soviet stub ru uk ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name SovietUnion br Cabinet of Ministers logo width logo caption seal caption formed 1991 preceding1 Council of Ministers SovietUnion Council of Ministers superseeding minister1 name Valentin Pavlov minister1 pfo Prime Minister of the SovietUnion dissolved 5 September 1991 superseding jurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics headquarters Moscow Kremlin in Moscow , RSFSR , SovietUnion employees 55 members Feb. 1991 budget Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR lang ru functioned as the administrative, executive body and the government after the Council of Ministers SovietUnion Council of Ministers was dissolved. It consisted of the Prime Minister of the SovietUnion Prime Minister , his deputies and the ministers. The Cabinet of Ministers was to be the responsibility of the President of the SovietUnion and the Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnion Supreme Soviet . All newly formed Cabinets were to submit their program to the Supreme Soviet for approval. DEFAULTSORT Cabinet Of Ministers Of The Ussr Category Government of the SovietUnion Category 1991 establishments in the SovietUnion Category 1991 disestablishments USSR stub ru uk ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name Ministry of Culture of the USSR nativename logo Coat of arms of the Soviet Union.svg logo caption All ministry seals of the Soviet Union used the Soviet coat of arms formed 1936 preceding1 minister1 name minister1 pfo dissolved 15 November 1991 preceding1 superseding Ministry of Culture Russia Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation 1992 jurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics headquarters Moscow, RSFSR , Soviet Union employees budget The Ministry of Culture of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR lang ru , formed in 1936, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly until 1946 known as the State Committee on the Arts lang ru . The Ministry, at the all Union level, was established in 1953, after existing as a State Committee of the Council of Ministers for several years. The Ministry was led by the Minister of Culture Soviet Union Minister of Culture , prior to 1953 a Chairman, who was nominated by the Premier of the Soviet Union Chairman of the Council of Ministers Soviet Union Council of Ministers and confirmed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Presidium of the Supreme Soviet , and was a member of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. See also Portalbox Soviet Union Culture Government of the Soviet Union Council of Ministers of the USSR Council of Ministers Ministries of the Soviet Union Ministries External links http www.elisanet.fi daglarsson dokumentit sov.htm Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1917 1964 and http www.elisanet.fi daglarsson dokumentit sov1.htm 1964 1991 Departments of the USSR state uncollapsed Category People s Commissariats and Ministries of the Soviet Union Culture Category Culture ministries Soviet Union Category 1936 establishments in the Soviet Union Category Soviet culture ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The following publications were known as central newspapers in the SovietUnion . They were organs of the major organizations of the SovietUnion. Pravda font lang ru font , Truth , the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the SovietUnion . Izvestia short for Izvestiya Sovetov Narodnykh Deputatov SSSR , , the Reports of Soviets of Peoples Deputies of the USSR expressed the official views of the Soviet government as published by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Komsomolskaya Pravda , Komsomol s Truth , the organ of Komsomol . Krasnaya Zvezda , Red Star , the organ of the Soviet Armed Forces . Sovetskiy Sport , Soviet Sports , the organ of the USSR State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and Soviet trade unions VTsSPS Trud Russian newspaper Trud , Labour , the organ of Soviet trade unions . Pionerskaya Pravda , Truth for Young Pioneers , the official organ of the Young Pioneer organization of the SovietUnion See also Eastern Bloc information dissemination Printed media in the SovietUnion . Eastern Bloc media DEFAULTSORT Central Newspapers Of The SovietUnion Category Soviet state Category Newspapers published in the SovietUnion Category Eastern Bloc media ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox former political post political office President country the SovietUnion insignia Coat of arms of the Soviet Union.svg insigniasize 120px insigniacaption Coat of arms of the SovietUnion Coat of arms image Mikhail Gorbachev 1987.jpg caption Mikhail Gorbachev predecessor General Secretary of the Communist Party of the SovietUnion successor flagicon image Standard ... Soviet Constitution with amendments of 1989 1990. Chapter 15.1 President of the SovietUnion ref Congress of People s Deputies of the SovietUnion first President only ref http constitution.garant.ru ... of the SovietUnion and amendments and additions to the Constitution Basic Law of the Soviet ... SovietUnion sidebar The President of the SovietUnion lang rus was the Head ... Party of the SovietUnion , with the Chairman exercising largely symbolic and figurehead duties. Starting ... Ryzhkov . The Vice President of the SovietUnion was Gennady Yanayev , who briefly usurp ed Gorbachev as president in the 1991 attempted coup as leader of the Gang of Eight SovietUnion State Committee of the State of Emergency . Presidents of the SovietUnion Mikhail Gorbachev 15 March 1990 25 December 1991 office abolished with the dissolution of the SovietUnion Gennady Yanayev usurper 19 August 1991 21 August 1991 See also Index of SovietUnion related articles List of heads of state of the SovietUnion Premier of the SovietUnion General Secretary of the Communist Party of the SovietUnion President of the People s Republic of China References Reflist Supreme Soviet Chairmen Departments of the USSR state uncollapsed DEFAULTSORT President Of The SovietUnion Category Government of the SovietUnion Category Russian leaders Category Heads of state of the SovietUnion Category Mikhail Gorbachev Category 1990 establishments in the SovietUnion bg cs Prezident Sov tsk ho ... President s of other Post Soviet states first officeholder Mikhail Gorbachev last officeholder ... more details
unreferenced date June 2008 The following closely related categories of forced labor in the SovietUnion may be distinguished. Pre Gulag forced labor of the early Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia and SovietUnion The Gulag system, Foreign forced labor in the SovietUnion of 1939 1954 which included labor of the World War II prisoners of war and internee s. Post Stalin penal labor in the SovietUnion Corrective labor colony , , Colony settlement , corrective labor without incarceration . See also Katorga , penal labor in the Russian Empire Category Economy of the SovietUnion Category Unfree labor by country soviet stub ... more details
PLEASE don t add information about political repression in this article. Please add it to the article Political repression in the Soviet Union Repression in the Soviet Union Economic repression in the Soviet Union was carried out for ideological and political reasons. Economic repression of social classes Eventually the social classes which were considered enemies of the people were dealt with by means of Political repression in the Soviet Union political repression , however in early periods of the Soviet history, undesirable classes, such as kulak s rich peasants were actively repressed by economical means, such as increased taxation and various restrictions on economic activities. Category History of the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia Category Persecution Category 20th century in economics econ stub soviet stub ... more details
SovietUnion sidebar The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR officially known as the Union Government was established by the 1924 Soviet Constitution Constitution of the SovietUnion as the governing authority of a union of Soviet Republic system of government 15 Soviet Socialist Republics collectively called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR . The government resided .... The executive branch was headed by the President of the SovietUnion President , who was the head ... branch Congress of People s Deputies Parliament consisted of two chambers the Soviet of the Union and Soviet of Nationalities and the Premier of the SovietUnion premier the literal head of government . The Law of the SovietUnion judicial branch consisted of the Supreme Court of the SovietUnion ... laws governing the citizens of the SovietUnion were set down in parliamentary legislation. The All ... main Congress of Soviets of the SovietUnion Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnion The Congress of Soviets of the SovietUnion Congress of Soviets was the supreme organ of power, in accordance with Article ... 8 of the 1924 Soviet Constitution 1924 constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR ... by the Supreme Soviet of the SovietUnion in accordance with Article 30, ref Cite Russian law en entity en type Article en number 30 of the 1936 Soviet Constitution 1936 constitution of the Union of Soviet ... Constitution 1936 constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR en date 5 December ... entity en type Article en number 31 of the 1936 Soviet Constitution 1936 constitution of the Union ... of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR en date 7 October 1977 en title Article 108 ref The Supreme Soviet consisted of two Chambers of parliament chamber s the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet ... en number 109 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution 1977 constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR en date 7 October 1977 en title Article 109 ref The Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities ... more details
SovietUnion sidebar The Presidential Council was created in March 1990 to replace the Politburo as the major policymaking body in the USSR . According to article 127 in the Soviet constitution the job of the presidential council was to implement the basic thrust of USSR s domestic and foreign policy and ensure the country s security . It was abolished in November 1990. Only the writer Valentin Rasputin was a non party member. The members were as follows class wikitable Name Occupation Chingiz Aitmatov A Kyrgyz writer Vadim Bakatin Ministry of Interior SovietUnion Minister of Interior Valery Boldin Head of the Central Committee General Department Nikolai Gubenko Minister of Culture of the SovietUnion Albert Kauls Chairman of the Adazhi agromdustnal combine Latvian Vadim Medvedev Yury Maslyukov Chairman of the Gosplan State Planning Committee Yury Osipian Physicist and Vice Chairman of the USSR Academy of Sciences Yevgeny Primakov Chairman of the USSR Soviet of the Union Valentin Rasputin A nationalist writer Grigory Revenko The head of the president s staff Ukrainian Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev Alexander Yakovlev A senior secretary of the Communist Party of the SovietUnion Nikolai Ryzhkov Premier of the SovietUnion Chairman of the Council of Ministers SovietUnion Council of Ministers Stanislav Shatalin Economist Eduard Shevardnadze Ministry of Foreign Affairs SovietUnion Foreign Minister of the SovietUnion Georgian Gennady Yanayev Vice President of the SovietUnion Venyamin Yarin Chairman of the United Workers Front Dmitry Yazov General and Minister of Defence of SovietUnion Use dmy dates date September 2010 Departments of the USSR state uncollapsed DEFAULTSORT Presidential Council Ussr Category Government of the SovietUnion Presidential Council Category 1990 establishments Category 1991 disestablishments Category 1990 establishments in the SovietUnion ru ... more details
Citations missing date December 2008 Creative unions Lang ru in the SovietUnion were voluntary societies that united people according to their creative artistic professions, similar to Soviet trade unions . The earliest of them were established in 1932 after disbanding the previous unions, such as RAPP association RAPP and RAPM association RAPM . Like nearly everything in the SovietUnion, they operated under the strict ideological supervision of the CPSU Communist Party , and what is more, the creative unions were means of an effective control over the artistic production of their members the members of these unions had priority in publishing of their works. Usually people expelled from a union could not make any significant money from their creative work. On the other hand, being a member was associated with various perks. List of unions USSR Union of Architects 1932 USSR Union of Artists 1957 republican, oblast and city Union of Soviet Artists Unions of Soviet Artists existed since 1932 USSR Union of Cinematographers 1965 USSR Union of Composers 1932, as the Union of Soviet Composers USSR Union of Designers 1987 USSR Union of Journalists 1959 USSR Union of Music Workers 1986, as All Union Musical Society USSR Union of Theatre Workers 1986 USSR Union of Writers 1932, as the Union of Soviet Writers See also Socialist realism Engineers of the human soul ru DEFAULTSORT Creative Unions In The SovietUnion Category Soviet culture Category Civic organizations in the SovietUnionSoviet stub zh ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Enterprises in the SovietUnion were Juristic person legal entities engaged in some kind of economic activity Production, costs, and pricing production , Distribution business distribution , Service economics services , and other kinds of works. The term is a general equivalent of the term company With the exception of the brief period of New Economic Policy , the Kosygin reform and the final period of perestroika before the dissolution of the SovietUnion , the terms company , business , corporation , etc., were considered to be attributes of capitalism and inapplicable to the socialist economy , and there was virtually no private enterprise in the SovietUnion during most of the Soviet history. The official term was , or Business enterprise . Enterprises were classified into the major caterories, according to the major Economy of the SovietUnion Forms of property forms of property in the SovietUnion Based on the property of Soviet citizens Individual enterprises Family enterprises Based on the collective property Collective enterprises Production cooperatives Various incorporated business es partnerships, joint stock companies , etc. Enterprises of public or religious organizations Based on the state property Union state enterprises Republican state enterprises Communal state enterprises There were also other types Mixed enterprises Rental enterprises etc. DEFAULTSORT Enterprises In The SovietUnion Category Economy of the SovietUnion he ... more details
SovietUnion sidebar History of Soviet Russia and the SovietUnion is covered in the following series of articles. History of Soviet Russia and the SovietUnion 1917 1927 , from the October Revolution to Stalin s consolidation of power History of the SovietUnion 1927 1953 , the Stalin era History of the SovietUnion 1953 1964 , post Stalinist power struggle and the Khrushchev Era History of the SovietUnion 1964 1982 , the Brezhnev Era History of the SovietUnion 1982 1991 , failed attempts to preserve the SovietUnion, ended by its dissolution See also Soviet historiography Communist Eastern Europe Russia topics Category History of the SovietUnion and Soviet Russia Category Modern history by country SovietUnion bg ca Hist ria de la Uni Sovi tica cs D jiny Sov tsk ho svazu de Geschichte der Sowjetunion es Historia de la Uni n Sovi tica eu Sobietar Batasuneko historia fa gl Historia da Uni n Sovi tica ko he lt TSRS istorija hu A Szovjetuni t rt nete ms Sejarah Kesatuan Soviet pt Hist ria da Uni o Sovi tica ro Istoria Uniunii Sovietice ru fi Neuvostoliiton historia sv Sovjetunionens historia tr Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyetler Birli i tarihi vi L ch s Li n bang X vi t zh ... more details
Infobox Bilateral relations Grenada SovietUnion Grenada SovietUnion filetype svg Grenada Soviet relations refers to the relations between Grenada , and the SovietUnion . During the New Jewel Movement , the SovietUnion tried to make the island of Grenada to function as a Soviet base, and also by getting supplies from Cuba . On October 1983, during the U.S. invasion of Grenada , U.S. President Ronald Reagan maintained that US Marines arrived on the island of Grenada, which was considered a Soviet Cuban ally that would export of revolution export communist revolution throughout the Caribbean . In November, at a joint hearing of Congressional Subcommittee, it was told that Grenada could be used as a staging area for subversion of the nearby countries, for intersection of shipping lanes, and for the transit of troops and supplies from Cuba to Africa , and from Eastern Europe and Libya to Central America . In December, the State Department published a preliminary report on Grenada, in which was claimed as an Island of Soviet Internationalism politics Internationalism . When the US Marines landed on the island, they discovered a large amount of documents, which included agreements between the Soviet Government, and the New Jewel Movement, recorded minutes of the Committee meetings, and reports from the Grenadian embassy in Moscow . ref http www.jstor.org pss 2617710 The SovietUnion and Grenada, under the New Jewel Movement ref Diplomatic relations between Grenada and the SovietUnion were severed in 1983 by the Governor General of Grenada. Eventually in 2002, Grenada re established diplomatic relations with the newly formed Russian Federation. ref http www.rusembassyguyana.org.gy ... between Grenada and Russia ref See also Foreign relations of Grenada Foreign relations of the SovietUnion References reflist Foreign relations of the SovietUnion Category Bilateral relations of Grenada SovietUnion Category Bilateral relations of the SovietUnion ... more details
Wikify date January 2011 Unreferenced date January 2011 The Ministry of Railways oversaw the railway s of the Soviet Union . It was subdivided into 32 different railway agencies, which between them had millions of employees. The ministry was responsible for several centralized departments, such as electrification, which applied to all subsidiaries. Prior to 1946, the ministry was known as the Peoples Commissariat for Railways , although the term Ministry of Railways had been used by the pre Soviet ministry founded in 1865. Departments of the USSR state uncollapsed DEFAULTSORT Ministry Of Railways Soviet Union Category People s Commissariats and Ministries of the Soviet Union Railways Category Rail transport in the Soviet Union Category 1946 establishments Category 1991 disestablishments Category 1946 establishments in the Soviet Union Railways, Ministry of USSR stub ru .D0.9C.D0.9F.D0.A1 .D0.A1.D0.A1.D0.A1.D0.A0 ... more details
Systematic POW labor in the SovietUnion is associated primarily with the outcomes of the World War II and covers the period of 1939 1956. This form of forced labor was handled by the Chief Directorate for Prisoners of War and Internees Affairs , , transliterated as GUPVI of the NKVD , established in 1939 initially as the Directorate for Prisoners Affairs , according to the NKVD Order no. 0308 On the Organization of POW Camps to handle Poland Polish POWs after the Soviet Invasion of Poland 1939 Invasion of Poland . The first POW camp s were formed in the European part of the USSR. It was noted ref name zagor http www.auditorium.ru books 407 POW in the USSR 1939 1956 Documents and Materials Moscow Logos Publishers 2000 . 1939 1956 . . . . . . . . . , 2000. 1118 . . ref that Polish ... side, and with some exceptions Polish forces did not resist to Soviet invasion. By the end of World War II, the SovietUnion amassed a huge number of German prisoners of war in the SovietUnion German and Japanese POW in the SovietUnion Japanese POW and Forced labor of Germans in the SovietUnion ... s and 178 special hospitals over the whole territory of the SovietUnion. See also Forced labor of Germans in the SovietUnion Forced labor of Hungarians in the SovietUnion Polish prisoners of war in the SovietUnion after 1939 Italian prisoners of war in the SovietUnion History of Germany since 1945 Forced labor reparations WW II forced labor reparations Japanese POW in the SovietUnion Romanian POW in the SovietUnion References references Category Economy of the SovietUnion Category World War II prisoners of war held by the SovietUnion Category Unfree labor during World War II Category Foreign relations of the SovietUnion ru ... more details
SovietUnion sidebar People s court in the late SovietUnion is a court of first instance which handled the majority of civil and criminal offenses, as well as certain administrative law offenses. The people s court handled cases by a collegium consisted of a people s judge and two people s assessors . The people s assessors had duties similar to jurors, but decided both any objections and the verdict along with the judge, unlike in most jury systems. Although they were supposed to assess the impartiality and rightness of the judge s decisions, the people s assessors were Party members as well, usually agreeing with everything judges did. In early Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia and SovietUnion the term people s court was used in reference to any court in the new Soviet legal system which replaced the legal syslem of the Russian Empire . At these times there were several levels of courts, accorting to the administrative division of the country local, okrug , and oblast people s courts. ref http www.gumer.info bibliotek Buks History Article dekr sud2.php Decree about the Court No. 2 February 15, 1918 ru icon ref See also Procurator General of the SovietUnion Procurator General of the USSR Supreme Court of the USSR Ministry of Justice SovietUnion Ministry of Justice of the USSR References reflist Category Soviet law soviet stub ... more details
Cleanup date February 2008 Infobox Bilateral relations Canadian Soviet Canada SovietUnion Canadian Soviet relations were the relations between Canada and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR or SovietUnion . Diplomatic history Diplomatic relations did not begin until 1941 after the German invasion of the SovietUnion forced the Soviets and the Western Allies to work together. The SovietUnion ... mirrored the hostility towards the SovietUnion demonstrated from London. Canadian authorities suspected Soviet involvement in Canadian labour disturbances such as the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 ... War against the Soviet allied North. Once the SovietUnion acquired the nuclear bomb, it became ... to the SovietUnion for talks with Nikita Khrushchev in 1955, the first NATO foreign minister to do ... thinking intellectual who had travelled to the SovietUnion in the 1950s and was arrested for throwing ... a trip to the SovietUnion in 1971 he identified the United States as a bigger threat to Canada than the remote SovietUnion. The Americans, he said, are a danger to our national identity from a cultural ... that tension between the US and SovietUnion were again too high, he launched a peace mission to Moscow ... a much more critical eye on the SovietUnion, despite the changes produced in that country by Mikhail ... visited the SovietUnion, accompanied by more than 200 representatives of Canadian business. Numerous ... and technical aid to the SovietUnion. During the 1991 Soviet coup d tat attempt new foreign affairs .... As the History of the SovietUnion 1985 1991 SovietUnion fell apart , Canada moved speedily to establish ... . With Gorbachev s resignation that month, the SovietUnion ceased to exist, prompting Canada to recognize ... Foreign relations of Canada Foreign relations of the SovietUnion Category Bilateral relations of the SovietUnion Canada Category Bilateral relations of Canada SovietUnion Category Canada SovietUnion relations ... more details
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