Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
on the proclamation of martial law in some areas of the USSR

June 22, 1941. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the proclamation of martial law in some areas of the USSR

On the basis of article 49 part "p" of the Constitution of the USSR martial law to be proclaimed in the Arkhangelsk District, Belorussian SSR, Vologda District, Voronezh District, Ivanovo District, Karelian-Finnish SSR, Kalinin District, Krasnodar Region, Crimean ASSR, Kursk District, Lithuanian SSR, Latvian SSR, City of Leningrad and Leningrad District, Moldavian SSR, Murmansk District, City of Moscow and Moscow District, Orel District, Rostov District, Ryazan District, Smolensk District, Tula District, Ukrainian SSR, Estonian SSR and Yaroslavl District.


Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
M.Kalinin
Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
A.Gorkin

Moscow, The Kremlin. June 22, 1941