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The Soviet of the Union[a] was the lower house of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1938 to 1991. It was elected based on population with one deputy for every 300,000 people.[1] Laws in the Soviet Union had to be passed by a majority vote from the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities.
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- ↑ Russian: Совет Союза; Ukrainian: Рада Союзу; Belarusian: Савет Саюза; Kazakh: Одақ Кеңесі; Lithuanian: Sajungos Taryba; Moldovan: Cовиетул Униуний; Latvian: Savienības Padome; Estonian: Liidu Nõukogu
References
- ↑ Joseph Stalin (1936). Constitution of the Soviet Union (1936): 'Chapter III: The Highest Organs of State Authority of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Article 34' (Russian: Конституция СССР (1936)). Moscow.