Original sentence: " Some western historians, however, have seen the constitution as a meaningless propaganda document., Random House, New York, 1971, pp.From a pro-Soviet point of view, the constitution was argued to have provided economic rights not included in constitutions in capitalist countries at that time.In addition, the Constitution recognized collective social and economic rights including the rights to work, rest and leisure, health protection, care in old age and sickness, housing, education, and cultural benefits.Leonard Schapiro, The Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 2nd ed.Leonard Schapiro, for example, writes that "The decision to alter the electoral system from indirect to direct election, from a limited to a universal franchise, and from open to secret voting, was a measure of the confidence of the party in its ability to ensure the return of candidates of its own choice without the restrictions formerly considered necessary," and that "...a careful scrutiny of the draft of the new constitution showed that it left the party's supreme position unimpaired, and was therefore worthless as a guarantee of individual rights.Pravda, November 25, 1936.The constitution was seen as a personal triumph for Stalin, who on this occasion was described by Pravda as "genius of the new world, the wisest man of the epoch, the great leader of communism
Edited sentence: In addition, the Constitution recognized collective social and economic rights not provided by constitutions in capitalist countries at that time, including the rights to work, rest and leisure, health protection, care in old age and sickness, housing, education, and cultural benefits