ABSTRACT
The internationalism of Soviet socialist statehood necessarily includes consideration for nationally particular and nationally specific features in the organization, functioning, and development of the statehood of the various peoples. A Union Republic, as stated in the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), is a sovereign Soviet socialist state that has united with other Soviet republics in the USSR. The 1977 Constitution of the USSR not only maintains and ensures the sovereign rights of the union republics, but even expands them and reinforces their guarantees. As a rule, the national composition of party and state organs in the national republics and oblasts reflects more or less adequately the national composition of their populations. The Constitution of the USSR takes as a point of departure the necessity to ensure the unity of legislative norms throughout the territory of the USSR, reserving this authority to the USSR.
