Soviet state
| Правительство СССР | |
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| Formation | 1922 |
|---|---|
| Extinction | 1991 |
| Legislative branch | |
| Legislature | Supreme Soviet |
| Meeting place | State Kremlin Palace |
| Executive branch | |
| Leader | Presidium of the Supreme Soviet |
| Headquarters | Kremlin Senate |
| Main organ | State Committee of the Soviet Union |
| Judicial branch | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the Soviet Union |
| Seat | Moscow |
The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Правительство СССР, Pravitel'stvo SSSR) was the main body of the executive branch of government in the Soviet Union. Its head of government was the officeholder generally known in the West as the Premier of the Soviet Union. However, Soviet Union was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), whose power was derived from the Constitution of the Soviet Union. The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was de facto the highest policy-making organ in the country and drafted government policy, with the Government being subordinate to the Party.
The members of the Soviet Government—people's commissars, ministers, and heads of state committees—were recommended by the Premier and appointed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. The Government of the Soviet Union exercised its executive powers in conformity with the Soviet Constitution and legislation enacted by the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
During the period between when the Soviet Union was established on December 30, 1922, and the first Government of the Soviet Union was formed on July 6, 1923, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's government acted as an interim government of the Soviet Union.
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