Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR Верховна Рада Української РСР (Ukrainian) Верховный Совет Украинской ССР (Russian)
Ukrainian SSR (1937-1941), (1944-1991)
Emblem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Type
Type	Supreme Soviet[1]
History
Established	1937 1947 (re-establishment)
Disbanded	1941 (Nazi Occupation) 1991
Preceded by	All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets
Succeeded by	Verkhovna Rada
Leadership
Chairman	Mykhailo Burmystenko (first) Leonid Kravchuk (last)
Elections
Last election	1990
Meeting place
Verkhovna Rada building, Soviet Square, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Politics of Ukraine
Constitution President Supreme Soviet Administrative divisions
Government People's Secretariat (1918) Insurgent Bureau Provisional Worker–Peasant Government (1918–19) Council of People's Commissars (1919–46) Revolutionary Committee (1919–20) Council of Ministers (1946–91)
Elections Presidential: 1991 Parliamentary: 1990 Referendums: 1991 (March) · 1991 (December)
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The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Української РСР, tr. Verkhovna Rada Ukrayins'koyi RSR; Russian: Верховный Совет Украинской ССР, tr. Verkhovnyy Sovet Ukrainskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet (main legislative institution) of the Ukrainian SSR, one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was established in 1937 replacing the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets.^[2]

History[]

The first elections for the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR were held from July 25th to July 28th in 1938. A total of 304 deputies were elected and Mykhailo Burmystenko was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.^[3] Throughout most of its history, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was dominated by members of the Communist Party 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.

List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet:

Portrait	Chairman	From	To
	Mykhailo Burmystenko	25 July 1938	9 September 1941
	Oleksandr Korniychuk	1947	1953
	Pavlo Tychyna	1953	1959
	Oleksandr Korniychuk	1959	1972
	Mykhailo Bilyi	1972	1980
	Kostiantyn Sytnyk	1980	1985
	Platon Kostiuk	1985	4 June 1990
	Vladimir Ivashko	4 June 1990	9 July 1990
	Leonid Kravchuk	23 July 1990	5 December 1991

See also[]

• Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
• Verkhovna Rada
• Supreme Soviet

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