The Supreme Soviet (Russian: Верховный Совет, Vyerkhovnyy Sovyet; lit. "Supreme Council") is the national legislature of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet was established under the 1936 constitution and has remained mostly unchanged to this day. As a bicameral legislature, the Supreme Soviet consists of the Soviet of Republics (upper house) and the Soviet of the Union (lower house), both of which consists of 850 seats. Both chambers are located within the Grand Kremlin Palace within the Moscow Kremlin.