Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR


The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was the supreme soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was established in 1937 replacing the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets and the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee.

History

The first elections for the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR were held from July 25th to July 28th in 1938. A total of 304 deputies were elected and Mykhailo Burmystenko was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR. Throughout most of its history, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was dominated by members of the Communist Party which accounted for around 62-69% of the total amount of seats.

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet

After Burmystenko's death in 1941, the position of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was vacant until 1947. The longest-serving Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR is Oleksandr Korniychuk.
List of Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet:
PortraitChairmanFromTo
Mykhailo Burmystenko25 July 19389 September 1941
Oleksandr Korniychuk19471953
Pavlo Tychyna19531959
Oleksandr Korniychuk19591972
Mykhailo Bilyi19721980
Kostiantyn Sytnyk19801985
Platon Kostiuk19854 June 1990
Vladimir Ivashko4 June 19909 July 1990
Leonid Kravchuk23 July 19905 December 1991