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Soviet Union [USSR] The 1924 Constitution
The 1924 constitution legitimated the December 1922 union of
the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian
Republic, the Belorussian Republic, and the Transcaucasian Soviet
Federated Socialist Republic to form the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics. This constitution also altered the structure of the
central government. It eliminated the Congress of Soviets and
established the Central Executive Committee as the supreme body of
state authority. In turn, the constitution divided the Central
Executive Committee into the Soviet of the Union, which would
represent the constituent republics, and the Soviet of
Nationalities, which would represent the interests of nationality
groups. The Presidium of the Central Executive Committee served as
the collective presidency. Between sessions of the Central
Executive Committee, the Presidium supervised the government
administration. The Central Executive Committee also elected the
Sovnarkom, which served as the executive arm of the government.
Data as of May 1989
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