1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union

1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union
Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union
Long title 1936 Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Territorial extent	Soviet Union
Enacted by	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union
Signed by	Joseph Stalin
Effective	5 December 1936; 87 years ago (1936-12-05)
Repealed	7 October 1977; 46 years ago (1977-10-07)
Status: Repealed

The 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, also known as the Stalin Constitution, was the constitution of the Soviet Union adopted on 5 December 1936.

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Constitution of the Soviet Union (1936)

The 1936 Constitution was the second constitution of the Soviet Union and replaced the 1924 Constitution, with 5 December being celebrated annually as Soviet Constitution Day from its adoption by the Congress of Soviets.^[1] This date was considered the "second foundational moment" of the USSR, after the October Revolution in 1917.^[2] The 1936 Constitution redesigned the government of the Soviet Union, expanded all manner of rights and freedoms, and spelled out a number of democratic procedures. The Congress of Soviets replaced itself with the Supreme Soviet, which amended the 1936 Constitution in 1944.

The 1936 Constitution was the longest surviving constitution of the Soviet Union, and many Eastern Bloc countries later adopted constitutions that were closely modeled on it. It was replaced by the 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ("Brezhnev Constitution") on 7 October 1977.