At an extraordinary session on 12 April 1978, the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR adopted a new republican constitution, to replace the old
Russian Constitution of 1937. The new Constitution initially consisted of a preamble and 185 articles, and was prepared as part of a process bringing all 15 republican constitutions in line with new
Constitution of the Soviet Union of October 1977. It was the fourth constitution for the Russian SFSR. Following a
turbulent period of democratization,
dissolution of the Soviet Union, and subsequent
economic reform, the Constitution was amended several times. It was displaced by
the referendum of 12 December 1993, which followed a
power struggle between the
President of Russia,
Boris Yeltsin, and Russia's legislative institutions – the
Congress of People's Deputies and the
Supreme Soviet of Russia.
List of amendments ==References==