Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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

The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Української РСР, Verkhovna Rada Ukrains'koi RSR. Russian: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР, Verkhovnyy 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 SSR, one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet was the sole branch of government in Ukraine, 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.

Prior to demokratizatsiya, the Supreme Soviet had 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 UkSSR where opposition parties were permitted to run.

History

The first elections for the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR were held from 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.

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet

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 is Oleksandr Korniychuk.

List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet:

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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