Question: what form of government was the soviet union

title: Government of the Soviet Union
text: The Government managed the internal sphere of the Union of Soviet of Socialist Republics ' social policy . It was responsible for implementing measures which would either promote or ensure the well - being of Soviet citizens through economic , social and economic development . On the economic sphere , the government was responsible for monetary , technological , pollution , price wages and social security policies , controlled all All - Union , literally institutions controlled by the Central Government , and All - Republican institutions . For instance , the Government controlled the State Bank and was responsible for the organisation of state insurance and accounting . It was the Government which drafted the five - year plans for economic and social development , through its control of the State Planning Committee , and the country 's budget , through its control of the Ministry of Finance . Both the five - year plan and the budget needed approval from the Supreme Soviet to be implemented . It was responsible for socialist property , public order and the protection of its citizen 's .