Constitution of Russia
The Supreme Soviet elects a Presidium the chairman of which becomes the Head of State.
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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
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