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| Adviser Zagladin, Vadim Valentinovich |  |
| Appointed Adviser to the President of Russia on international relations |
| Blockade of Baltic States Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow The Baltic States are blockaded by Russia while the USA turns a blind eye |
| Chairman Constitutional Commission Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Appointed Chair of the Constitutional Committee elected by the CPD |
| Chairman CPSU Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Communist Party |
| Chairman Leningrad Chubais, Anatoly Borisovich | |
| Leningrad Appointed Charman Leningrad City Soviet Executive Committee |
| Chairman Moscow Council Popov Popov, Gavriil Kharitonovich | |
| Appointed Chair of the Moscow City Council |
| Chairman Supreme Council Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 29th May Appointed Chiarman of the Russian Supreme Council |
| Chairman Supreme Soviet Lukyanov, Anatoly Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Chairman of the USSR Congress of People's Deputies & Supreme Soviet |
| Congress of Peoples Deputies Bakatin, Vadim Viktorovich | |
| Moscow Nominated for the post of President of the USSR but steps down in favour of Gorbachev |
| Congress of XXVIII CPSU Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| The XXVIIIth & final Congress of the Communist Party |
| 12th July Yeltsin shocks the 28th congress of the Soviet Communist Party by announcing he is resigning his party membership |
| Constitution Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Chairs a committee elected by the CPD to replace the 1977 constitution |
| 7th Feb Moscow The Cental Committee of the CP in USSR votes to end the CP political monopoly |
| 15th Mar Sworn in as the 1st executive President of the USSR |
| 8th June Moscow Russian Parliament votes its laws take precedence over the USSR |
| 12th June Moscow The Russian Federation declares itself a sovereign state |
| Constitution Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Member of the Constitutional Committee elected by the CPD |
| 12th June Yeltsin leads a vote at the Congress of Peoples Deputies on a "declaration of Sovereignty for Russia" |
| Consul Razumovsky, Georgy Petrovich | |
| Appointed Consul to China |
| CPSU Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Yeltsin abolishes the Congress of the CPSU |
| Death of Pugo, Boris Pugo, Boris | |
| Commits suicide |
| Declaration of Sovereigny Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 12th June The Congress of the RSFSR adopts the Declaration of Sovereignty |
| Deputy Russian Federation Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Deputy of the Russian Federation |
| Diplomacy Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Gorbachev agrees to East & West Germany having a single NATO force |
| May Moscow Visits the USA & is offerred financial aid |
| Diplomacy Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich | |
| May While in the USA informs the Americans that Russia needs $20 bilion over 3 years |
| Dec Baghdad First travels to Baghdad to prevent the outbreak of the Gulf War |
| Dismissal Bakatin, Vadim Viktorovich | |
| Moscow Dismissed by Gorbachov for his liberalism on nationalities issues |
| Economy Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Triples bread prices in order to move toward a "regulated market economy" |
| Economy Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Announces complete privatization |
| Election Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Elected Head of State by the Congress of People's Deputies |
| Elections are held after the USA & Russia agree not to support Contras & Sandanistas |
| Reformers & Popular Fronts sweep to victory to the Supreme Soviet of the Union |
| Mar "Democratic Russia" wins 56% of seats in the city soviet |
| Mar "Democratic Russia" wins 85% of the seats in the Congress of People's Deputies |
| Mar Radical groups win in the cities & many prominent party officials are defeated |
| 8th June Yeltsin is elected President of Russia, the largest Republic |
| 28th Oct Georgia Non Communist Parties triumph in elections in Georgia & call for independence |
| Election Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 26th May Yeltsin fails in a second round of voting to win the presidency of the Russian Federation, succeeds in a third round of balloting three days later |
| 29th May Elected President of the Russian republic in the third round of balloting by the Russian Parliament, gives him a base from which to attack Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 8th June Elected President of the Russian Federation |
| First Secretary CPSU Polozkov Polozkov, Ivan | |
| Appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of Russia |
| Inauguration of Gorbachev Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 15th Mar Sworn in as the 1st executive President of the USSR |
| Independence Havel, Vaclav |  |
| 26th Feb Russia agrees to withdraw troops from Czech by July 1991 |
| Independence Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 26th Feb Russia agrees to withdraw troops from Czech by July 1991 |
| 11th Mar Lithuania Lithuania becomes the 1st republic to declare independence |
| 11th Mar Moscow Lithuania declares independence in accordance with it's Constitution of 1938 |
| 22nd Mar Moscow Warns Lithuania to withdraw its declaration of independence but it refuses |
| 4th May Estonia Estonia votes to secede from the USSR |
| 4th May Latvia Latvia votes to secede from the USSR |
| 20th June Uzbekistan Uzbekistan declares independence |
| 16th July Ukraine The Ukrainian Parliament votes for sovereignty |
| 28th Oct Georgia Non Communist Parties triumph in elections in Georgia & call for independence |
| Invasion of Landsbergis, Vytautus |  |
| 25th Mar Russia sends in the tanks to discourage secession |
| Invasion of Lithuania Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 25th Mar Russia sends in the tanks to discourage secession |
| KGB Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Leningrad Assumes a position with the International Affairs section of Leningrad State University, reporting to Vice-Rector Yuriy Molchanov |
| Massacre Katyn Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 13th April Katyn The Kremlin admits to the massacre of 15,000 Polish army officers by the NKVD in 1940 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Kozyrev, Andrei | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Interior Pugo, Boris | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior, a leader of the August coup |
| Nobel Prize Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| For campaigning for human rights in Myanmar |
| ON Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow The Comecon ceases to function |
| Plot Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 6th Nov A gunman opens fire on Gorbachev during the Revolution Day parade |
| President Bakatin, Vadim Viktorovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Member of the Presidential Council |
| President Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich | |
| June Appointed Member of the Presidential Council |
| President Rasputin, Valentin Grigorevich | |
| Appointed Member of the Presidential Council |
| Prime Minister Ryzhkov, Nikolai | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Russia |
| Prime Minister Silayev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| 15th June Appointed Prime Minister of Russia |
| Reform of Communism Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Stresses "values common to all mankind" over the "class struggle" |
| Resignation of of Sheverdnadze Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Dec With the resignation Foreign Minister Eduard Sheverdnadze, the last major 'liberal' in Gorbachev's circle, Gorbachev is left isolated amongst the hard-liners |
| Resignation of Shevarnadze Shevardnadze, Eduard | |
| 20th Dec Resigns delaring Russia is heading for a dictatorship |
| Resignation of Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 12th July Yeltsin & other reformers resign from the Communist Party in the USSR |
| Russian Communist Party Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| The Russian Communist Party is founded |
| Speaker RSFSR Yeltsin Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| May The turning point in Yeltsin's career, he skillfully lobbies the Russian Federation's Supreme Soviet (legislature) to elect him - over Gorbachev's prefered candidate - as its Speaker |
| Speaker RSFSR Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed Speaker of the RSFSR Congress of Peoples Deputies |
| May The turning point in Yeltsin's career, he skillfully lobbies the Russian Federation's Supreme Soviet (legislature) to elect him - over Gorbachev's prefered candidate - as its Speaker |
| Unification Germany Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Gorbachev agrees to East & West Germany having a single NATO force |
| Vice President Lukianov, Anatoly Ivanovich | |
| Appointed Vice President of Russia |
