The Constitution of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1941) was the fundamental law of the

Moldovan SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...

, adopted in 1941.

History

The Constitution of 1941 was adopted soon after the 1941 Moldavian SSR elections. The Constitution was adopted at the first session of the Supreme Soviet of the

Moldavian SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 194 ...

, on February 10, 1941. It was based on the principles and provisions of the

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. Moldovan deputies represented 56% of the total number of representatives, although the titular ethnicity made up 65% of the republic's population."The New Constitution of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic"
, ''

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'' background report The Constitution was superseded by a new one in 1978

External links

* George Cioranescu and Rene de Flers
"The New Constitution of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic"
1978-6-28

Sources

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