26th Mar The first free elections take place in the Soviet Union, Yeltsin is elected, voters in the SovietUnion 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 SupremeSoviet allows BorisYeltsin to take a seat in the standing legislature.
