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Fundamental Principles of Legislation of the USSR and the Union Republics on Land, 1990.

Country/Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1990
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Unofficial translation, 22 pp.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Dispute settlement Right of use Lease Expropriation Cadastre/land registration Land commission Smallholders/peasants
Abstract

This Act provides the general framework for principles regulating land relations in the USSR and the Union Republics. Union and autonomous Republics are to promulgate more detailed legislation within this framework. This Act excludes relations regarding mining, forestry, water and the protection of flora, fauna and the atmosphere. The Act is directed towards the creation of conditions for the rational use and protection of land, the regeneration of soil fertility, the preservation and improvement of the natural environment, and the equal development of all forms of economy. The Act categorizes all land of the USSR, including for agricultural and nature protection purposes and forestry and water funds. The Act also specifies land uses and requires that land suitable for the needs of agriculture be granted above all for agricultural purposes. Procedures for land allocation, land use, land withdrawal and land dispute resolution are specified for each category of land use and possession. For specified purposes including peasant husbandry, personal subsidiary husbandry, gardening and livestock farming, the Act grants to each citizen of the USSR the right to a land plot which the citizen possesses for life and which is inheritable. The Act prohibits the purchase-sale, gift, pledge and arbitrary exchange of land plots. Rights and duties of land possessors and land-users are set out and include not allowing the ecological situation on the land to deteriorate as a result of the land's economic activities.

Full text
Russian