Rationing
The rationing of meat was policy in twenty-six of the fifty-five regions of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1988 alone
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Biography and Timeline — Page 5
Follow Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev through 334 dated historical records for Russia.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1988–1989Years on this page
1988
Reform of Government
Removes the Party from economic management
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
President of Russia
Appointed President of Russia, has a power base outside the Communist Party
Role range: 1917-1991
Accords of Geneva
Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the United States and Soviet Union serving as guarantors, sign an agreement settling the major differences between them known as the Geneva Accords
Role range: 1978-1988
1989
Chemical Weapons
Russia promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Russia promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
Russia promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Invasion of Afghanistan
Russia announces that all but a small rear-guard contingent of its troops had left Afghanistan
Role range: 1985-1991
Invasion of Afghanistan
The last Russian troops withdraw from Afghanistan. Russian withdrawal signifies a Mujahadin victory. 14,454 Russians had died in the conflict
Role range: 1985-1991
Demonstrations
Disorders in in Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic conflicts
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1980-1991
Rebellion of Rebels in Tashkent
A demonstration of 10,000 in Tashkent wish to make Uzbek their state language
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Rebellion of Rebels in Tashkent
A demonstration of 10,000 in Tashkent wish to make Uzbek their state language
Role range: 1985-1991
Constitution of Russia
Yeltsins presence in the Supreme Soviets Chamber of Peoples Deputies provided a focus for the reformist minority, the legislature becomes a more pluralist body than Gorbachev intends. The March 1989 election of the Congress of Peoples Deputies marked the first time that voters of the Soviet Union ever chose the membership of a national legislative body
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Constitution of Russia
The USSR Supreme Soviet is replaced by the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Election
The March 1989 election of the Congress of Peoples Deputies marked the first time that voters of the Soviet Union ever chose the membership of a national legislative body. Fails to support Yeltsin against the conservatives, leads to Gorbachevs downfall. Elections for the Congress of Peoples Deputies, 80% of candidates are CPSU members. Communist Party members have to stand in elections for the 1st time ever
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Perestroika
The March 1989 election of the Congress of Peoples Deputies marked the first time that voters of the Soviet Union ever chose the membership of a national legislative body
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Rebellion of Rebels in Tiblisi
A Nationalist demonstration is suppressed by army intervention
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Rebellion of Rebels in Tiblisi
A Nationalist demonstration is suppressed by army intervention
Role range: 1985-1991
Constitution of Russia
The initial session of the Congress of Peoples Deputies. Gorbachev was elected without opposition to the chairmanship of the new Supreme Soviet; then the Congress of Peoples Deputies elected a large majority of old-style party apparatchiks to fill the membership of its new legislative body
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Perestroika
The initial session of the Congress of Peoples Deputies
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Constitution of Russia
In the summer of 1989, the first opposition bloc in the Congress of Peoples Deputies formed under the name of the Interregional Group
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Interregional Group
In the summer of 1989, the first opposition bloc in the Congress of Peoples Deputies formed under the name of the Interregional Group
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Perestroika
In the summer of 1989, the first opposition bloc in the Congress of Peoples Deputies formed under the name of the Interregional Group
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Strike
Miners go on strike
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Rebellion of Rebels in Tallin
Popular Fronts form a chain from Vilnius to Tallin, day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Rebellion of Rebels in Tallin
The day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. Popular Fronts form a human chain from Vilnius to Tallin
Role range: 1985-1991
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall falls & demonstrations of German unity are held in the DDR
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Unification
The Berlin wall falls & demonstrations of German unity are held in the DDR
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Independence of Lithuania
1st national movement, Sajudis, is formed in Lithuania
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Independence of Russia
1st national movement, Sajudis, is formed in Lithuania
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Visit to Vatican
The 1st Soviet leader to visit the Vatican
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Coup
The Romanian Government is overthrown
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Resignation of Romanian Government
The Romanian Government is overthrown
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Berlin Wall
Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Demonstrations
The Czech Government resigns in the wake of mass demonstrations
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Resignation of Czech Government
The Czech Government resigns in the wake of mass demonstrations
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Visit to Kiev
Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Chernobyl Glasnost Disclosure
Permits wider publication of information about Chernobyl as glasnost expands public discussion of the disaster and its consequences.
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Constitution of Russia
The USSR Supreme Soviet is replaced by the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies. In front of the Central Committtee says Russia must be restructured
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1985-1991
Constitution of Russia
The Head of the Presidium officially is recognized as the President of Russia
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1989-1991
General
Appointed President of Russia, Head of the Presidium
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1989-1991
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.