J. V. Stalin


ON THE
DRAFT CONSTITUTION
OF THE U.S.S.R

Report Delivered at the Extraordinary
Eigth Congress of the Soviets of the U.S.S.R.
November 25, 1936



From J. V. Stalin, Problems of Leninism,
Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1976

pp. 795-834.



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ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE U.S.S.R


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Formation of the Constitution Commission and Its Tasks
Changes in the Life of the U.S.S.R. in the Period from 1924 to 1936
The Principle Specific Features of the Draft Constitution
Bourgeois Criticism of the Draft Constitution
Amendments and Adedenda to the Draft Constitution
The Significance of the New Constitution of the U.S.S.R.

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