Politics of the Soviet Union

For information about the government, see Government of the Soviet Union.

The political system of the Soviet Union took place in a federal communist state framework. The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union functioned as the supreme organ of state power and only branch of government per the principle of unified state power. The CPSU led state activities by holding two-thirds of the seats in the Supreme Soviet, and these party members are responsible for implementing the policies adopted by the CPSU Central Committee and Party Congress. The Supreme Soviet had unlimited state power bar the limitations it sets on itself in the state constitution. By controlling the Supreme Soviet, the CPSU had complete monopoly of state power until 1990.

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