ПРОЛЕТА BCEX CTP СОЕДИНЯЙ 

ARTICLE 1. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a socialist state of workers and peasants. 

ARTICLE 2. The Soviets of Working People s Deputies, which grew and attained strength as a result of the overthrow of the landlords and capitalists and the achievement of the dictatorship of the proletariat, constitute the political foundation of the U.S.S.R. 

ARTICLE 3. In the U.S.S.R. all power belongs to the working people of town and country as represented by the Soviets of Working People s Deputies. 

ARTICLE 4. The socialist system of economy and the socialist ownership of the means and instruments of production firmly established as a result of the abolition of the capitalist system of economy, the abrogation of private ownership of the means and instruments of production and the abolition of the exploitation of man by man, constitute the economic foundation of the U.S.S.R. 

ARTICLE 11. The economic life of the U.S.S.R. is determined and directed by the state national economic plan with the aim of increasing the public wealth, of steadily improving the material conditions of the working people and raising their cultural level, of consolidating the independence of the U.S.S.R. and strengthening its defensive capacity. 

ARTICLE 12. In the U.S.S.R. work is a duty and a matter of honour for every able-bodied citizen, in accordance with the principle:   He who does not work, neither shall he eat.  

The principle applied in the U.S.S.R. is that of socialism: From each according to his ability, to each according to his work.  

From the Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 

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