The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, officially the Supreme Court of the USSR, was the supreme judicial organ of the Soviet Union for as long as the state existed. It was established on 23 November 1923 and dissolved on 2 January 1992. Unusually among supreme courts, then or now, it included a Military Collegium and other elements not typical elsewhere. Its role, power and function changed over the course of Soviet history. Its first chairman was Nikolai Krylenko.
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The Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, officially the Supreme Court of the USSR (Russian: Верховный Суд СССР) was the supreme judicial organ of the Soviet Union during its existence.
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It was established on November 23, 1923
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