Republics of the Soviet Union

== Overview ==

== Overview ==

[[File:Rouble-1961-Paper-1-Reverse.jpg|thumb|400px|Reverse of the 1-ruble note of the 1961 series, with the value in all the official languages of the Union Republics]]

[[File:Rouble-1961-Paper-1-Reverse.jpg|thumb|400px|Reverse of the 1-ruble note of the 1961 series, with the value in all the official languages of the Union Republics]]

[[File:State Flags of the Soviet Union and it’s Constituent Republics (1941—1950).jpg|thumb|Flags of all 16 union republics along with the Soviet flag]]

{{see also|National delimitation in the Soviet Union|Korenizatsiya|Religion in the Soviet Union}}

{{see also|National delimitation in the Soviet Union|Korenizatsiya|Religion in the Soviet Union}}

Chapter 8 of the [[1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union|1977 Soviet Constitution]] is titled as the "Soviet Union is a union state". Article 70 stated that the union was founded on principles "socialist federalism" as a result of free [[self-determination]] of nation and volunteer association of equal in rights soviet socialist republics. Article 71 listed all of 15 union republics that united into the Soviet Union.

Chapter 8 of the [[1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union|1977 Soviet Constitution]] is titled as the "Soviet Union is a union state". Article 70 stated that the union was founded on principles "socialist federalism" as a result of free [[self-determination]] of nation and volunteer association of equal in rights soviet socialist republics. Article 71 listed all of 15 union republics that united into the Soviet Union.