RESOLUTION of the Sixth Congress of Soviets of the USSR

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The sixth Congress of the USSR . . . decrees:

To introduce the following changes to the Constitution of the USSR:

5) To formulate Article 10 of the Constitution of the USSR as follows:

“The delegates to the Congress of Soviets of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall be elected:

a) directly at the congresses of the Soviets of Union Republics not having the Regional and Oblast division of the territory; b) at the Regional and oblast Congresses of Soviets of the Union Republics having the Regional and Oblast division of the territory; c) at the Congresses of the Soviets of the Soviet Socialist Republics of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia and at the congresses of the autonomous republics and oblasts included, or not included within the Regional and Oblast unions”

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17 march 1931

(Constitution and the Constitutional acts of the USSR (1922-1936). Collection of Documents. Moscow, 1940, p. 132-135/in Russian)