8 January 1989Chemical WeaponsMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Russia promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
Historical records for Russia in 1989, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Russia promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
Russia promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
Russia announces that all but a small rear-guard contingent of its troops had left Afghanistan
The last Russian troops withdraw from Afghanistan. Russian withdrawal signifies a Mujahadin victory. 14,454 Russians had died in the conflict
Disorders in in Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic conflicts
A demonstration of 10,000 in Tashkent wish to make Uzbek their state language
A demonstration of 10,000 in Tashkent wish to make Uzbek their state language
Wins more than ninety percent of the vote in his Moscow district during elections to the Congress of People's Deputies.
Wins election as a USSR People's Deputy in Moscow with overwhelming support.
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 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
Elected Member of Congress of Peoples Deputies
Elected Member of Congress of Peoples Deputies
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
A Nationalist demonstration is suppressed by army intervention
A Nationalist demonstration is suppressed by army intervention
Appointed Member of Central Committee
Takes a seat in the USSR Supreme Soviet after a deputy yields a place to him.
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
Enters the USSR Supreme Soviet and uses the legislature as a platform for opposition politics.
The initial session of the Congress of Peoples Deputies
Appointed Speaker of the Soviet of the Union
Becomes a co-chair of the Interregional Deputies Group, the first organized parliamentary opposition in the late Soviet period.
In the summer of 1989, the first opposition bloc in the Congress of Peoples Deputies formed under the name of the Interregional Group
Becomes a leading figure in the opposition Interregional Deputies Group in the Congress of People's Deputies.
In the summer of 1989, the first opposition bloc in the Congress of Peoples Deputies formed under the name of the 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
Miners go on strike
Popular Fronts form a chain from Vilnius to Tallin, day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
The day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. Popular Fronts form a human chain from Vilnius to Tallin
Appointed Candidate Member of Politburo
The Berlin wall falls & demonstrations of German unity are held in the DDR
The Berlin wall falls & demonstrations of German unity are held in the DDR
1st national movement, Sajudis, is formed in Lithuania
1st national movement, Sajudis, is formed in Lithuania
The 1st Soviet leader to visit the Vatican
The Romanian Government is overthrown
The Romanian Government is overthrown
Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
The Czech Government resigns in the wake of mass demonstrations
The Czech Government resigns in the wake of mass demonstrations
Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
Appointed Chairman of the Gazprom, the State Gas Concern
Appointed Member of USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies
Appointed Member of USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies
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
Appointed Member of Congress of Peoples Deputies
Death of Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko
Gazprom earns 1/3 of Russias hard currency from exports
Elected Deputy for Mari for the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies
Appointed President of Russia, Head of the Presidium
Namibia proclaims its independence after Cuba withdraws
Namibia proclaims its independence after Cuba withdraws
Meets Bush in a warship off Malta, tells him Russia does not regard the US as an enemy
Russian forces complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan
Meets Bush in a warship off Malta, tells him Russia no longer sees the US as an enemy
Publication of "Nemesis"
Appointed Member of USSR Supreme Soviet
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