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The Soviet of Nationalities was the upper house of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. It represented the various nationalities and ethnic groups of the Soviet Union. According to the 1936 constitution, contained 25 deputies from each union republic, 11 from each ASSR, five from each autonomous oblast, and one from each autonomous okrug.[1]
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- ↑ Joseph Stalin (1936). Constitution (Fundamental law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: 'Chapter III: The Highest Organs of State Authority of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Article 35'. Moscow: Kremlin.