CONSTITUTION (FUNDAMENTAL LAW)
OF THE
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS.
WITH AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS ADOPTED BY
the first, second, third, sixth, seventh and
EIGHTH SESSIONS OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF
the U.S.S.R.
CHAPTER I
THE ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETY
ARTICLE 1. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a socialist state of workers and peasants.
ARTICLE 2. The Soviets of Working People's Deputies, which grew and attained strength as a result of the overthrow of the landlords and capitalists and the achievement of the dictatorship of the proletariat constitute the political foundation of the U.S.S.R.
ARTICLE 3. In the U.S.S.R. all power belongs to the working people of town and country as represented by the Soviets of Working People's Deputies.
ARTICLE 4. The socialist system of economy and the socialist ownership of the means and instruments production, firmly established as a result of the abolition of the capitalist system of economy, the abrogation of private ownership of the means and instruments of production and the abolition of the
