Legal Absorption through the Creation of the USSR (1922–1924)
Formal consolidation of the seizure of Ukraine by dragging it into the so-called Union of SSRs. The unification of equal republics with the right of free secession was declared, but in practice the union treaty (December 1922) and the Constitution of the USSR (1924) became instruments of rigid centralization. The Ukrainian SSR was definitively stripped of control over foreign policy, the army, foreign trade, transport, and communications — all these spheres passed to the jurisdiction of union-level people's commissariats in Moscow[1][2].
Actors
Instruments Applied
| ID | Name | Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| S0008 | Government | 2 |
Procedures Carried Out
Use of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR (December 1922) to formally declare a union of equal republics, masking the final centralization of power in Moscow[2].
Stripping the Ukrainian SSR of control over foreign policy, the army, foreign trade, transport, and communications through the 1924 Constitution of the USSR, transferring them to the jurisdiction of the all-union people's commissariats[1].