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{{Infobox legislature
| name               = Supreme Soviet of the USSR
| native_name        = {{nobold|Верховный Совет СССР}}
| native_name_lang   = ru
| transcription_name = {{nobold|Vyerhovnyiy Sovyet SSSR}}
| legislature        = [[19th Supreme Soviet (Theodores Tomfooleries)|19th Supreme Soviet]]
| logo_pic           = Badge_of_the_Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg
| logo_res           = 
| logo_alt           = Badge worn by deputies of the Supreme Soviet
| logo_caption       = Badge worn by deputies of the Supreme Soviet
| house_type         = Bicameral
| houses             = [[Soviet of Nationalities (Theodores Tomfooleries)|Soviet of Nationalities]]<br />[[Soviet of the Union (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Soviet of the Union]]
| foundation         = {{Start date|1936|12|05}} <noinclude>(First session)</noinclude>
| preceded_by        = {{wp|Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union|Congress of Soviets}}
| leader1_type= [[Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Chairwoman of the Presidium]]
| leader1            = [[Yelena Mikhailova]]
| party1             = [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union (TheodoresTomfooleries)|CPSU]]
| election1          = 2012
| seats              = 2000
| structure1         = Supreme-soviet soviet-union-2019.svg
| structure1_res     = 300px
| structure1_alt     = The Supreme Soviet as of the 2019 elections
| political_groups1  = {{legend|#E90000|Communist Party of the Soviet Union: 1530 seats}} {{legend|#AAAAAA|Independents: 470 seats}}
| term_length        = 5 years
| voting_system1     = {{wp|Direct election}}
| first_election1    = {{wp|1937 Soviet Union legislative election|12 December 1937}}
| last_election1     = [[2019 Soviet Union legislative election (TheodoresTomfooleries)|4 March 2019]]
| next_election1     = 4 March 2024
| motto              = {{wp|Workers of the world, unite!}}
| session_room       = Moscow-palace-of-the-soviets-updated.png
| session_alt        = Palace of the Soviets
| meeting_place      = [[Palace of the Soviets (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Palace of the Soviets]]<br>(Joint sessions of both houses)
| website            = {{URL|en.VS.su}}
}}
The '''Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union''' is the main {{wp|Bi-cameralism|bicameral}} {{wp|Legislature|legislative body}} of the {{wp|Federation#Federal governments|federal government}} of the [[Soviet Union (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Soviet Union]]. It consists of the [[Soviet of Nationalities (Theodores Tomfooleries)|Soviet of Nationalities]] and [[Soviet of the Union (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Soviet of the Union]], which represent the {{wp|Nation|nationalities}} and the {{wp|Republics of the Soviet Union|union republics}} respectively. The Supreme Soviet meets at the {{wp|Kremlin Presidium}} in [[Moscow (TheodoresTomfooleries)|Moscow]]. Deputies of the Supreme Soviet are {{wp|Direct election|directly elected}} by eligible members of the Soviet population via {{wp|universal suffrage}} every 5 years, and elections have been held to the Supreme Soviet since 1937.

The {{wp|1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union|1936 Constitution}} established the Supreme Soviet as a legislative body, but the Supreme Soviet did not supersede the {{wp|Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union|Congress of Soviets}} as the supreme legislative authority until its first session on 12 January, 1938.

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