The 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, officially the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was the communist state constitution adopted on 7 October 1977.
Soviet souvenir sheet from 1977 celebrating the adoption of the 1977 Constitution.
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union, also known at some points as the Russian Communist Party, the All-Union Communist Party, the Bolshevik Party, and the Soviet Communist Party, was the founding
1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union
…the scope of the constitutional regulation of society compared to the 1924 and 1936 constitutions. The first chapter defined the leading role of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and established the organizational principles for the state and the government. Article 1 defines the USSR as a socialist state, as did all…
A neighborhood in the Kozhukhovsky Bay of the Moskva River with a large sign promoting the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Moscow, 1975
Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and the leader of the Bolshevik party.
Josef Stalin led the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until his death in 1953, rapidly industrializing the country during the global Great Depression and leading the military defeat of Germany during World War II. After his death, the repressive aspects of his leadership were criticized by the party and became a divisive matter for the rest of its history.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the CPSU and the Soviet Union, implemented major reforms to restructure the economy and state which would prove fatal for both.