The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (russian: Верховный Суд СССР) was the highest court of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
during its existence. The Supreme Court of the USSR included a
Military Collegium and other elements which were not typical of supreme courts found in other countries, then or now.
The first chairman of the Supreme Court was
Nikolai Krylenko.
See also
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Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR
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Ministry of Justice of the USSR
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People's Court of the USSR
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Procurator General of the USSR
The Procurator General of the USSR (russian: Генеральный прокурор СССР, Generalnyi prokuror SSSR) was the highest functionary of the Office of the Public Procurator of the USSR, responsible for the whole system of offices ...
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
Government of the Soviet Union
Law enforcement in the Soviet Union
1923 establishments in the Soviet Union
1992 disestablishments
Defunct courts
Courts and tribunals established in 1923
Courts and tribunals disestablished in 1992
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