The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union (russian: Верховный Суд СССР) was the highest court of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
during its existence. The Supreme Court of the USSR included a
Military Collegium and other elements which were not typical of supreme courts found in other countries, then or now.
The first chairman of the Supreme Court was
Nikolai Krylenko
Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko ( rus, Никола́й Васи́льевич Крыле́нко, p=krɨˈlʲenkə; May 2, 1885 – July 29, 1938) was an Old Bolshevik and Soviet politician. Krylenko served in a variety of posts in the Soviet ...
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See also
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Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR
The Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union ( Russian: Военная коллегия Верховного суда СССР, ''Voennaya kollegiya Verkhovnogo suda SSSR'') was created in 1924 by the Supreme Court of the Sovi ...
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Ministry of Justice of the USSR
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People's Court of the USSR
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Procurator General of the USSR
References
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
Government of the Soviet Union
Law enforcement in the Soviet Union
1923 establishments in the Soviet Union
1992 disestablishments
Defunct courts
Courts and tribunals established in 1923
Courts and tribunals disestablished in 1992
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