State Council of the Soviet Union
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| State Council of the USSR | |
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| Государственный Совет СССР | |
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| Formed | 5 September 1991 |
| Preceding agency | Soviet of the Federation |
| Dissolved | 26 December 1991 |
| Superseding agency | State Council of the Russian Federation |
| Jurisdiction | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Headquarters | Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
The State Council of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Государственный Совет СССР), but also known as the State Soviet, formed on 5 September 1991 and was one of the most important government offices in Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union. The members of the council consisted of the President of the Soviet Union, and important figures from the Soviet Republics. During the period of transition it was the highest organ of state power, having the power to elect a premier, or a person who would take Gorbachev's place if absent; the office of Vice President of the Soviet Union had been abolished following the failed August Coup that very same year.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Government of the USSR: Gorbachev, Mikhail (21 March 1972). "УКАЗ: ПОЛОЖЕНИЕ О МИНИСТЕРСТВЕ ЮСТИЦИИ СССР [Law: About state governing bodies of USSR in a transition period On the bodies of state authority and administration of the USSR in Transition]" (in Russian). sssr.su. http://www.sssr.su/zopp.html. Retrieved 15 November 1991.
