You can read the Soviet Constitution for yourself here. Aside from the parts assigning all power and property (with the pittance exceptions of Article 13) to the State, it's just so much toilet paper.

Article 29 is a particular hoot. Articles 34 and 36 would have surprised a lot of Jews. Article 39 sounds good, until you get to the loophole in part 2: "Enjoyment by citizens of their rights and freedoms must not be to the detriment of the interests of society or the state..."

Then there are the socialist free goodies of Article 44 through 46. Turned out to be worth every cent, too.

Articles 49 through 52. Yeah, right.

The KGB must have laughed themselves sick at Articles 54 through 58.

I could go through the rest of it, but what's the point? The Soviets wrote a constitution because it was expected of them. That's what nations do. They came up with one that sounded pretty, and ignored it.

Kind of like the Tenth Amendment of our Constitution.