9 January 1988Reform of GovernmentMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
1st advertisement in a Soviet newspaper appears in Izvestiya
Historical records for Russia in 1988, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
1st advertisement in a Soviet newspaper appears in Izvestiya
Rehabilitated by the USSR Supreme Soviet
Is removed from candidate membership of the CPSU Politburo.
The Nagorny-Karabakh Soviet votes for a transfer to Armenia
About a million Armenians demonstrate for Armenian reunification
Takes place in Azerbaijan after a conflict with Muslim Azerbaijanis
Takes place in Azerbaijan after a conflict with Muslim Azerbaijanis
Crowds of Azeris rampage through the city of Sumgait, at least 32 Armenians are killed
Announces Russias withdrawal from Afghanistan
The 4th meeting between Reagan & Gorbachev. INF Treaty ratification documents are exchanged between Russia & the USA
For the first time since Vladimir Lenins New Economic Policy, the law permits private ownership of businesses in the services, manufacturing, and foreign-trade sectors. Allows foreigners to invest in the Soviet Union in the form of joint ventures with Soviet ministries, state enterprises, and cooperatives
For the first time since Vladimir Lenins New Economic Policy, the law permits private ownership of businesses in the services, manufacturing, and foreign-trade sectors. Allows foreigners to invest in the Soviet Union in the form of joint ventures with Soviet ministries, state enterprises, and cooperatives
Addresses a special Communist Party conference & outlines "a new image of socialism"
Calls for multi-candidate elections for regional and local legislatures and party first secretaries and insisted on the separation of the Government apparatus from party bodies at the regional level, as well
Addresses a special Communist Party conference & outlines "a new image of socialism".
At the CPSUs Nineteenth Party Conference, the first held since 1941, Gorbachev and his supporters launched radical reforms meant to reduce party control of the Government apparatus.
Calls for multi-candidate elections for regional and local legislatures and party first secretaries and insisted on the separation of the Government apparatus from party bodies at the regional level, as well.
Addresses a special Communist Party conference & outlines "a new image of socialism"
Appeals publicly for political rehabilitation at the Nineteenth Party Conference but receives little support from the party leadership.
Appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior in Azerbaijan
Appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in Russia by Boris Yeltsin
Retires as President of the USSR
Andrey Gromyko retired from the Politburo, Yegor Ligachev was relieved of the ideology portfolio within the Politburos Secretariat, and Boris Pugo replaced Politburo member Mikhail Solomentsev as chairman of the powerful CPSU Party Control Committee
At an unprecedented emergency Central Committee plenum called by Gorbachev in September 1988, three stalwart old-guard members left the Politburo or lost positions of power
Andrey Gromyko retired from the Politburo, Yegor Ligachev was relieved of the ideology portfolio within the Politburos Secretariat, and Boris Pugo replaced Politburo member Mikhail Solomentsev as chairman of the powerful CPSU Party Control Committee
Glasnost leads to the USSR Supreme Soviet dissenting with the Politburo & Central Comm
The achievement marks automatic spaceplane landing as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Leads the Energia-Buran programme during its only orbital flight.
The Supreme Soviet agrees to the foundation of the Congress of Peoples Deputies
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 Congress of Peoples Deputies will elect the Supreme Soviet
The Supreme Soviet abolishes itself
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
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
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
Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State
Appointed Chairman of the Commission on Party Construction & Cadres Policy
Appointed Deputy in the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium, deputy head of state
25,000 people died because of the 1988 Spitak earthquake due poorly built structures apartments and other buildings during the Brezhnev stagnation
For the first time since Vladimir Lenins New Economic Policy, the law permits private ownership of businesses in the services, manufacturing, and foreign-trade sectors. Allows foreigners to invest in the Soviet Union in the form of joint ventures with Soviet ministries, state enterprises, and cooperatives. The rationing of meat was policy in twenty-six of the fifty-five regions of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1988 alone
Appointed Head of the International Department of the Central Committee
The Azeri attack the Armenians & in Sumgait at least 32 Armenians are killed
Appointed Minister of the Interior by Goborchov
Andrey Gromyko retired from the Politburo, Yegor Ligachev was relieved of the ideology portfolio within the Politburos Secretariat, and Boris Pugo replaced Politburo member Mikhail Solomentsev as chairman of the powerful CPSU Party Control Committee.
For the first time since Vladimir Lenins New Economic Policy, the law permits private ownership of businesses in the services, manufacturing, and foreign-trade sectors. Allows foreigners to invest in the Soviet Union in the form of joint ventures with Soviet ministries, state enterprises, and cooperatives.
Refers to major changes initiated by Gorbachev to the structure and function of the political and economic control of the Soviet Union allowing more independent actions from the various ministries and eventually to the dismantling of the Soviet Union. Perestroika, a political movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union widely associated with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev,lliteral meaning is "restructuring"
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.
Appointed Member of Politburo, Candidate Member
Publication of "Prelude to the Foundation"
Appointed President of Russia, has a power base outside the Communist Party
The rationing of meat was policy in twenty-six of the fifty-five regions of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1988 alone
Removes the Party from economic management
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