Yaroslav the Wise996
Russkaya Pravda, the first written compilation of Russian law, completed under Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev
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Russkaya Pravda, the first written compilation of Russian law, completed under Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev
Renewal of the Empire through absolute autocracy
Convenes the 1st National Assembly, Zemski Sobor
Abolishes Cabinet Council Government
A commission of 564 Deputies is appointed for the modernization of the State
The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial Government
The zemstvo electoral system gives substantial influence to the landowning nobility.
Creates elected district and provincial zemstvo institutions alongside existing local communal administration.
Extends local self-government through elected district and provincial zemstvo assemblies.
The National Assembly introduces a Constitution. Appointed monarchical head of State, ruled by him with Russian advisers
Authorizes Gapons Assembly
The Zemstvo are given a broader national & local role. Changes agreed by the Tsar become law, still no representitive form of Government
The Duma has advisory powers but is without legislative authority. Signs a manifesto summoning the Imperial Duma
Begins organising government after the October Manifesto.
Issues a manifesto granting the right of Labour to organize. Issues a manifesto granting freedom of speech, conscience and Assembly. Issues a manifesto granting a suffrage law for elections to the Duma
The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma
The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma
The new fundemental laws for the constitution are made public
Stolypin announces a reform program
Stolypin announces a reform program. Under Stolypins constitutional law ethnic groups must speak Russian in their lands. Stolypins electoral law allows ethnic groups into the Duma. Stolypins electoral law allows ethnic groups in the Duma. Stolypins allows ethnic groups in the Duma but they must speak Russian in their lands. Members of the Duma must speak Russia in their ethnic lands
Power is ceded from the Government to the Politburo
Eliminates the opposition of Trotsky, Kamanev, Bukharin & Rykov
Joseph Stalin establishes a Federal State consisting of 11 Soviet Republics.
Joseph Stalin establishes the USSR Supreme Soviet, supreme agency of state power in the Soviet Union.
Supreme Soviet consists of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities.
The Supreme Soviet elects a Presidium the chairman of which becomes the Head of State.
The Supreme Soviet is elected for 4 years and meets twice a year.
The VTsIK, All-Union Central Exec Comm of the soviets becomes the Supreme Soviet.
Pens the new constitution
Founds the Council of Minister's
Authorizes the Lander & provisional assemblies to open a constituent assembly
The Central Committee plenum adopts a new Party programme replacing that of 1919
Proposes elections for party officials, a practice which is soon adopted
Pravda announces larger constituencies & more candidates than seats in local elections
At the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), Gorbachev presents his "basic theses," which laid the political foundation of economic reform for the remainder of the existence of the Soviet Union
Glasnost leads to the USSR Supreme Soviet dissenting with the Politburo & Central Comm
The Supreme Soviet agrees to the foundation of the Congress of Peoples Deputies. The Supreme Soviet abolishes itself. The Congress of Peoples Deputies will have 2,250 members. The Congress of Peoples Deputies will elect the Supreme Soviet. The Congress of Peoples Deputies will be elected except for 750 nominated by the CPSU
The Congress of Peoples Deputies will elect the Supreme Soviet
The Supreme Soviet dissolves itself. The Supreme Soviet approved formation of a Congress of Peoples Deputies, which constitutional amendments had established as the Soviet Unions new legislative body
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
The USSR Supreme Soviet is replaced by the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies
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
In the summer of 1989, the first opposition bloc in the Congress of Peoples Deputies formed under the name of the Interregional Group
The USSR Supreme Soviet is replaced by the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies. In front of the Central Committtee says Russia must be restructured
The Head of the Presidium officially is recognized as the President of Russia
The Cental Committee of the CP in USSR votes to end the CP political monopoly
Lithuania declares independence in accordance with its constitution of 1938
Sworn in as the 1st executive President of the USSR
Russian Parliament votes its laws take precedence over the USSR
The Russian Federation declares itself a sovereign state
Appointed Chair of the Constitutional Committee elected by the CPD
Chairs a committee elected by the CPD to replace the 1977 constitution
A small majority for his proposal for a federation of socialist sovereign republics
The USSR is renamed the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics. Gorbachev announces a final agreement on a Treaty designed to preserve the Soviet federation while giving more power to the republics
Russia stages it 1st ever general election
The people of Leningrad vote by 55% to 43% to change their city name to Saint Petersburg
The USSR ends after republics declare independence. The USSR ceases to exist
Gorbachev resigns his position as President of the USSR, signifying the demise of the Soviet Union, 14 former Soviet republics (including Russia) become independent states
Yeltsin unexpectedly resigns and, according to the constitution, Putin becomes (acting) President of the Russian Federation
Putin makes his first state of the nation address and calls for increased power to the central Government to overcome a bleak diagnosis of the countrys ills
The Duma passes legislation giving Putin the right to fire provincial governors and takes away the governors automatic immunity and membership in the Federation Council
Putin divides Russias 89 regions into 7 federal districts headed by a Kremlin representative
A referendum is held in Chechnya adopting a new constitution which declares the Republic as a part of Russia
Creates the Public Chamber of Russia & launches an initiative to replace the direct election governors & presidents of Federal subjects of Russia proposed by the President & approved by the legslature
Due to constitutionally mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive Presidential term, his successor, Dmitry Medvedev nominates Putin to be Russian Prime Minister
Putin was barred from a third term by the Constitution, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was elected his successor, in a power-switching operation on 8 May 2008, only a day after handing the presidency to Medvedev, Putin was appointed Prime Minister of Russia, maintaining his political dominance
At the United Russia Congress Medvedev officially proposed that Putin stand for the Presidency in 2012, an offer Putin accepted. Given United Russias near-total dominance of Russian politics, many observers believed that Putin was all but assured of a third term
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