The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was the highest body of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991.
Государственный кремлевский дворец
Boris Yeltsin during his electoral campaign on 1 February 1989.
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the highest organ of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991. Based on the principle of unified power, it was the only b
Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
…The election law would allocate a fixed number of seats to organizations. The congress would gather twice a year and would then elect the reformed Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union consisting of a smaller number of deputies (542 in the new Supreme soviet compared to the 1,500 in the old supreme soviet). The Supreme Soviet would…
Supreme Soviet 1982