Improving the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Soviet State

In conjunction with the drafting of the new Constitution of the USSR, there is much of theoretical and practical value to be gained from discussion of the problem of further improvement of the administrative-territorial structure of the Soviet State and elaboration of specific proposals to establish it in law. The importance and complexity of these questions demand generalization of historical data on the territorial organization of the Soviet State analysis of the present administrative structure of the union republics and discovery of the laws governing the process under study.