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| Central Committee Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich |  |
| April Moscow Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| Chairman Gazprom Chernomydrin Chernomydrin, Viktor Stepanovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Gazprom, the State Gas Concern |
| Chemical Weapons Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 8th Jan Russia promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons |
| Congress Deputies Rasputin Rasputin, Valentin Grigorevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the USSR Congress of People's Deputies |
| Congress of People's Deputies Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 26th Mar The first free elections take place in the Soviet Union, Yeltsin is elected, voters in the Soviet Union filled 1,500 of more than 2,000 seats in the new Congress of People's Deputies, beginning embarrassing CP defeats |
| 27th Mar Yeltsin and other anti-establishment candidates claim victory in parliamentary elections for the new Congress of People's Deputies |
| 29th May Bowing to public demand, the Supreme Soviet allows Boris Yeltsin to take a seat in the standing legislature. |
| Congress of Popov Popov, Gavriil Kharitonovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies |
| Constitution Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow In front of the Central Committtee says Russia must be restructured |
| Moscow The Head of the Presidium officially is recognized as the President of Russia |
| Mar Yeltsin's presence in the Supreme Soviet's Chamber of People's Deputies provided a focus for the reformist minority, the legislature becomes a more pluralist body than Gorbachev intends |
| Mar Moscow The USSR Supreme Soviet is replaced by the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies |
| Constitution Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Mar Yeltsin's presence in the Supreme Soviet's Chamber of People's Deputies provided a focus for the reformist minority, the legislature becomes a more pluralist body than Gorbachev intends |
| CPD Primakov Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Congress of Peoples Deputies |
| Death of Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich | |
| Death of Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko |
| Demonstrations Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Feb Nagorno Disorders in in Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic conflicts |
| Dec Moscow The Czech Government resigns in the wake of mass demonstrations |
| Deputy Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Mar Moscow Appointed Peoples Deputy of the USSR |
| Destruction Berlin Wall Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 9th Nov Moscow The Berlin wall falls & demonstrations of German unity are held in the DDR |
| Dec Berlin Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall |
| Diplomacy Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Malta Meets Bush in a warship off Malta, tells him Russia no longer sees the USAas an enemy |
| 8th Jan Russia promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons |
| Nov Vatican The 1st Soviet leader to visit the Vatican |
| Dec Kiev Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall |
| Diplomacy Shevardnadze, Eduard | |
| 4th Feb Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze wraps up four days of high-level talks in China, the first visit by a Soviet foreign minister in three decades |
| Economy Chernomydrin, Viktor Stepanovich | |
| Gazprom earns 1/3 of Russia's hard currency from exports |
| Election Belyakov, Oleg Sergeevich | |
| Elected Deputy for Mari for the USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies |
| Election Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Mar Communist Party members have to stand in elections for the 1st time ever |
| Mar Elections for the Congress of People's Deputies, 80% of candidates are CPSU members |
| Mar Fails to support Yeltsin against the conservatives, leads to Gorbachev's downfall |
| Election Medvedev, Roy | |
| Mar Elected Member of the Congress of People's Deputies |
| Election Sakharov, Andrei | |
| Mar Elected Member of the Congress of People's Deputies |
| Election Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Mar Promises to "free Moscow from the mafia of bureacrats" |
| Mar Yeltsin's presence in the Supreme Soviet's Chamber of People's Deputies provided a focus for the reformist minority, the legislature becomes a more pluralist body than Gorbachev intends |
| Mar Yeltsin wins an overwhelming election victory of 89% to the quasi-representative legislature, the Supreme Soviet |
| 26th Mar The first free elections take place in the Soviet Union, Yeltsin is elected, voters in the Soviet Union filled 1,500 of more than 2,000 seats in the new Congress of People's Deputies, beginning embarrassing CP defeats |
| 26th Mar Yeltsin is surprisingly elected to the Soviet parliament, his political career is revived by his vocal campaign against corruption within the political elite |
| 27th Mar Yeltsin and other anti-establishment candidates claim victory in parliamentary elections for the new Congress of People's Deputies |
| 29th May Bowing to public demand, the Supreme Soviet allows Boris Yeltsin to take a seat in the standing legislature. |
| General Secretary Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed President of Russia, Head of the Presidium |
| Independence Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Namibia proclaims its independence after Cuba withdraws |
| Nov Lithuania 1st national movement, Sajudis, is formed in Lithuania |
| Invasion of Afghanistan Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Malta Meets Bush in a warship off Malta, tells him Russia does not regard the USAas an enemy |
| Moscow Russian forces complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| 5th Feb Russia announces that all but a small rear-guard contingent of its troops had left Afghanistan |
| 15th Feb Moscow 14,454 Russians had died in the conflict |
| 15th Feb Moscow Russian withdrawal signifies a Mujahadin victory |
| 15th Feb Moscow The last Russian troops withdraw from Afghanistan |
| Invasion of Afghanistan Rabbani, Burhannudin |  |
| 15th Feb The last Russian troops withdraw from Afghanistan |
| Politburo Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich | |
| Sep Moscow Appointed Candidate Member of the Politburo |
| Publication of Asimov Asimov, Isaac | |
| Publication of, "Nemesis" |
| Rebellion Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 19th Mar Tashkent A demonstration of 10,000 in Tashkent wish to make Uzbek their state language |
| 9th April Tiblisi A Nationalist demonstration is suppressed by army intervention |
| 23rd Aug Tallin Popular Fronts form a chain from Vilnius to Tallin, day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact |
| 23rd Aug Tallin Popular Fronts form a human chain from Vilnius to Tallin |
| 23rd Aug Tallin The day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact |
| 23rd Aug Vilnius Popular Fronts form a chain from Vilnius to Tallin, day of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact |
| Reform of Communism Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Mar Moscow Promotes the Russian Federation & attacks party privilege |
| Resignation of Czeh Government Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Dec Moscow The Czech Government resigns in the wake of mass demonstrations |
| Resignation of Gorbachev Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 22nd Dec Moscow The Romanian Government is overthrown |
| Speaker Soviet Union Primakov Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich | |
| June Moscow Appointed Speaker of the Soviet of the Union |
| Strike Miners Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| July Miners go on strike |
| Supreme Committee Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Mar Moscow Appointed Member of the USSR Supreme Committee |
| Supreme Soviet Primakov Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the USSR Supreme Soviet |
| Unification Germany Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 9th Nov Moscow The Berlin wall falls & demonstrations of German unity are held in the DDR |
