President—last held 14 March 1990 (next to be held NA 1995); results—Mikhail Sergeyevich GORBACHEV was elected by the Congress of People's Deputies;
Congress of People's Deputies—last held 17 December 1990 (next to be held NA); results—NA; seats—(2,250 total) CPSU NA, non-CPSU NA; note—dissolved September 1991
USSR Supreme Soviet—consists of the Council of the Union and the Council of Republics;
Council of the Union—last held Spring 1991 (next to be held Fall 1991); results—NA; seats—(271 total) CPSU NA, non-CPSU NA;
Council of Republics—last held Spring 1991 (next to be held Fall 1991); results—NA; seats—(271 total) CPSU NA, non-CPSU NA; note—to be reconstituted as a new legislature—date not set
_#_Communists: prior to August 1991 about 15 million party members, with membership declining
_#_Other political or pressure groups: formal parties, regional popular fronts, trade unions, and informal organizations
_#_Member of: CSCE, ECE, ESCAP, IAEA, IBEC, ICAO, ICFTU,
IIB, ILO, IMO, INMARSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, PCA, UN, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UN Security Council, UN Trusteeship Council, UNTSO, UPU,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
_#_Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Viktor KOMPLEKTOV; Chancery at 1125 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20036; telephone (202) 628-7551 or 8548; there is a Soviet Consulate General in San Francisco;
US—Ambassador Robert S. STRAUSS; Embassy at Ulitsa Chaykovskogo 19/21/23, Moscow (mailing address is APO New York 09862); telephone [7] (095) 252-2450 through 59; there is a US Consulate General in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad)