Declaration of the President of the Council of People's Commissars of the U.S.S.R.
March 15, 1946
In relation to the question of the formation of the government of the
U.S.S.R., which was submitted to the examination of the Supreme Soviet
of the U.S.S.R., the Council of People's Commissars regards its
obligations as terminated and hands over its power to the Supreme
Soviet.
The Council of People's Commissars of the U.S.S.R. is at the disposal
of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
J. Stalin
President of the Council of People’s Commissar of the U.S.S.R.
("Zassedanie Verkhovogo Sovieta SSSR," p. 82)
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