ABSTRACT
The adversaries of the Bolsheviks in Russia, as in other countries, believed still less in the solidity of the Soviet regime. They were convinced that the political and social Utopia installed by the Bolsheviks could not last long. In studying the political regime existing in the USSR down to the end of 1936—and also in examining the new Stalin Constitution, as it is called—it must not be overlooked that the men at the head of the Soviet State are firmly convinced that they have the right to do anything they think fit in order to achieve their ends. Immediately after its establishment, the Soviet Government proclaimed the principle of self-determination for all the peoples inhabiting the territory of the former Russian Empire. In compliance with this principle, the Soviet Commonwealth was organized in the form of a free federation of nationalities, and still retains this appearance.
