All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets

All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets Всеукраїнський з'їзд Рад Vseukrayinsky zyizd Rad
Ukrainian SSR
Type
Type	Congress of Soviets
History
Established	17 December [O.S. 4 December] 1917
Disbanded	21 February 1938[1][2]
Preceded by	Central Council of Ukraine
Succeeded by	Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
Seats	Variable
Meeting place
Building of Noble Assembly, Kharkiv
Constitution
Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR

The All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнський з'їзд Рад, Russian: Всеукраинский съезд Советов) was the supreme governing body of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1917–38. From 1922 to 1938 the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, modeled on the 1918 Russian Constitution, mandated that Congress to be convened at least twice a year. The 1926 Constitution (in correspondence to all Soviet constitutions) lowered the minimum to once a year.

In total there were 14 Congresses of Soviets that for the most of the time took place in Kharkiv.