The Constitution of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1941) was the fundamental law of the

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, adopted in 1941.

History

The Constitution of 1941 was adopted soon after the 1941 Moldavian SSR elections. The Constitution was adopted at the first session of the

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of the

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, on February 10, 1941. It was based on the principles and provisions of the

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. Moldovan deputies represented 56% of the total number of representatives, although the titular ethnicity made up 65% of the republic's population."The New Constitution of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic"
, ''

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'' background report The Constitution was superseded by a new one in 1978.

External links

* George Cioranescu and Rene de Flers
"The New Constitution of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic"
1978-6-28

Sources

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