abstract:The Supreme Soviet (, Verkhóvnyj Sovét, ) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Soviet Union. These soviets were modeled after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, established in 1938, and were nearly identical.
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in the former Soviet Union the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power 最高苏维埃
Also on 21 March, the USSR SupremeSoviet voted to make the results of the March 17 referendum on the future of the Soviet Union binding on all 15 Union republics.
Also on 7 March, Gorbachev urged the USSR SupremeSoviet last week to forbid unauthorized foreign trips by members of the liberal parliamentary opposition, on the grounds that certain reform-minded deputies have been urging the West to deny credits to the central government.