1940 Constitution of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

none 1940 Constitution of the Estonian SSR 1940 Constitution of the Estonian SSR.jpg et Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistliku Vabariigi konstitutsioon Estonian SSR (formally part of USSR) 25 August 1940 25 August 1940 Tallinn, Estonia People's State Assembly (Riigivolikogu) The 1940 Constitution of Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (et Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistliku Vabariigi Konstitutsioon (Põhiseadus); ru Конституция (Основной Закон) Эстонской Советской Социалистической Республики) was the communist state constitution unanimously adopted by the "2nd People's State Assembly", a puppet legislature in the then Soviet-occupied Estonia, on dmy. The 1940 Constitution of the Estonian SSR was effectively a translated and only marginally adjusted copy of the Stalinist 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union. Background Shortly after the June 1940 Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia and the annexation of the newly created "Soviet Socialist Republic" into the Soviet UnionMisiunas Taagepera 1993 20 which was formalized by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On the Entry of the Estonian SSR into the Soviet Union" on 6 August 1940,Lipantov Savenikov 1957 815 a new constitution was formally adopted for the Estonian SSR on 25 August 1940. The constitution declared itself to symbolize the establishment of the Soviet government in Estonia "as a result of the overthrow of the power of capitalists and large landowners."Traynin 1940 21 In later years, the constitution was amended in the sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR.Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1951 434 The constitution was replaced by the 1978 Constitution of the Estonian SSR. Structure The Constitution is divided into 11 chapters and 119 articles.Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1951 435–459 The Organization of Society The Organization of the State The Highest Organs of State Authority of the Estonian SSR The Organs of Government of the Estonian SSR The Organs of the Local Governments The Budget of the Estonian SSR The Courts and the Procurator's Office Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens The Electoral System Arms, Flag, Capital Procedure for Amending the Constitution Provisions Economic system The Constitution abolished the private economy and replaced the system with the socialist economy. The prerequisite was the liquidation of the private sectors of economy, such as nationalization of industrial enterprises, production facilities, banks, land ownership, transport and communications. Socialist ownership in the Estonian SSR was either a national property or cooperative ownership. In addition to the socialist economic system, the private households of individual peasants and craftsmen and small industrial and commercial private companies were allowed within the limits set by the Law of the Estonian SSR.Traynin 1940 21–22 Territorial divisions The territorial divisions of the Estonian SSR is regulated in the Article 14 of the Constitution. Until 1950, the territorial divisions of the pre-occupation Estonia was still maintained in the constitution. At the time of the promulgation of the constitution in 1940, Estonian SSR is divided into 11 counties (maakonnad) and 4 cities which does not belong to any counties.Traynin 1940 26 Counties and cities with no counties were completely dissolved in 1950 as Estonian SSR was divided into regions (rajoonid) and (until 1953) oblasts. Until the 1960s the borders of regions changed often until 15 rayons were left. References Citations Bibliography Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1951 Конституция (Основной Закон) СССР; Конституции (Основные Законы) Союзных Советских Социалистических Республик Constitution (Basic Law) of the USSR; Constitution (Basic Law) of the Socialist Soviet Republics Russian Moscow State Publishing House of Legal Literature Traynin Ilya Pavlovich 1940 Конституции новых союзных республик Constitutions of the New Union Republics Russian Moscow Lipantov A.A. Savenikov N.T. 1957 История Советской Конституции (в документах). 1917 – 1956 History of the Soviet Constitution (in documents). 1917 - 1956 Russian Moscow Gozyurizdat Misiunas Romuald J. Taagepera Rein The Baltic States, years of dependence, 1940–1990 University of California Press 1993 0-520-08228-1 registration https://archive.org/details/balticstatesyear00misi collapsed Estonia Category:Politics of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Category:1940 in Estonia Category:Law of Estonia Category:1940 in law Category:1940 documents