The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: Верховна Рада Української РСР, tr. ''Verkhovna Rada Ukrayins'koyi RSR'';

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР, tr. ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Ukrainskoy SSR'') was the

supreme soviet The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USS ...

(main legislative institution) of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

, one of the

union republics The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics ( rus, Сою́зные Респу́блики, r=Soyúznye Respúbliki) were National delimitation in the Soviet Union, national-based administrative units of ...

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 ...

. The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was established in 1937 replacing the

All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets The All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets ( uk, Всеукраїнський з'їзд Рад, russian: Всеукраинский съезд Советов) was the supreme governing body of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1917–38. F ...

. Prior to '' demokratizatsiya'', the Supreme Soviet had characterized as a

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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 The Ukrainian Communist Party ( uk, Українська Комуністична Партія, ''Ukrayins’ka Komunistychna Partiya'') was an oppositional political party in Soviet Ukraine, from 1920 until 1925. Its followers were known as Ukap ...

, similar to all other

s in the

. The 1990 election in Ukraine is where opposition parties were permitted to run.

History

The first elections for the Supreme Soviet of the

were held from July 25th to July 28th in 1938. A total of 304 deputies were elected and

Mykhailo Burmystenko Mykhailo Oleksiyovych Burmystenko ( uk, Михайло Олексійович Бурмистенко; 22 November 1902 – 20 September 1941) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Ukrainian SSR fr ...

was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the

. Throughout most of its history, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was dominated by members of the

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which accounted for around 62-69% of the total amount of seats.

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 Oleksandr Yevdokymovych Korniychuk (russian: Алекса́ндр Евдоки́мович Корнейчу́к, uk, Олександр Євдокимович Корнійчук, 25 May 2 o.s. 1905 – 14 May 1972) was a Ukrainian playwright, lit ...

. List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet:

References

{{Verkhovna Rada * Historical legislatures 1937 establishments in Ukraine 1991 disestablishments in Ukraine Government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Defunct unicameral legislatures

History

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet

See also

References