Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Української РСР, tr. Verkhovna Rada Ukrains'koi RSR; Russian: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР, tr. Verkhovnyy Sovet Ukrainskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Ukrainian SSR, one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was established in 1937 replacing the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets.[2]

Not to be confused with Verkhovna Rada.
Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR

Верховна Рада Української РСР
(Ukrainian)
Верховный Совет Украинской ССР
(Russian)
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR (1937-1941), (1944-1991)
Coat of arms or logo
Emblem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Type
Type
History
Established1937
1947 (re-establishment)
Disbanded1941 (Nazi Occupation)
1991
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
Politics of Ukraine
Constitution
Government
Elections

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.[3]

History

The first elections for the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR were held from July 25th to July 28th in 1938. A total of 304 deputies were elected and Mykhailo Burmystenko was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.[4]

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

References
  1. Toy parliament until March 1990
  2. "75 лет со дня образования Донецкой области". dn.archives.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  3. Whitmore, Sarah (2 June 2004). State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian Parliament, 1990-2003. ISBN 9781134321483.
  4. Военный вестник (in Russian). Изд-во "Красная звезда". 1938.
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