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| Anniversary Russian Revolution Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich |  |
| 2nd Nov Moscow In the 70th Anniversary speech says Stalin's crimes were "enormous & unforgiveable" |
| Armament Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 14th April Moscow Proposes cuts to the USAby offering to remove short range missiles from Eastern Europe |
| Arrest of Disidents Kravtsov, Boris | |
| Feb Moscow About 140 political prisoners are released |
| Arrest of Dissidents Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Feb Moscow Gorbachev & Sakharov meet publicly in Moscow at the International Peace Forum |
| Congress of CP, 27th Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Feb Moscow 27th Party Congress |
| Constitution Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah |  |
| Sibghatullah Mojaddedi is selected as the head of the Interim Islamic State of Afghanistan, in an attempt to reassert its legitimacy against the Moscow-sponsored Kabul regime |
| Constitution Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Jan Moscow Proposes elections for party officials, a practice which is soon adopted |
| Mar Moscow Pravda announces larger constituencies & more candidates than seats in local elections |
| Deputy Commander in Chief Baltin Baltin, Eduard Dmitrievich | |
| Appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet |
| Diplomacy Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah | |
| Mojaddedi, as head of the Interim AfghanGovernment, meets President of the United States George H.W. Bush, achieving a critical diplomatic victory for the AfghanResistance |
| Diplomacy Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow The Comecon agrees to discuss co-operation with the European Community |
| 14th April Moscow Proposes removing Russia's short range missiles from Eastern Europe |
| Dec Washington Gorbachev pays a visit to the USA |
| Dismissal Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Nov Moscow Gorbachev dismisses Yeltsin as Moscow party chief |
| Dismissal Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Nov Moscow Gorbachev dismisses Yeltsin as Moscow party chief |
| 12th Nov Moscow Fired as head of the Moscow's Communist party for criticizing the slow pace of reform |
| Economy Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Feb Moscow Creates co-operative businesses in catering, services & consumer goods manafacture |
| Election Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Mar Pravda uses the word "democracy" for "multi-candidate" elections |
| First Deputy Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Appointed First Deputy-Chairman of USSR State Construction |
| First Secretary CPSU Bakatin Bakatin, Vadim Viktorovich | |
| Moscow Appointed First Secretary of Kemerovo |
| Invasion of Afghanistan Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Russian forces begin to withdraw from Afghanistan |
| 20th July The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan is announced |
| Invasion of Angola Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow Agrees with President Reagan that Russia & the USAshould reach a settlement on Angola |
| LPS Chubais, Anatoly Borisovich | |
| Leningrad Helps found the Leningrad Peres troika Club |
| Moscow Communist Party Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 12th Nov Moscow Fired as head of the Moscow's Communist party for criticizing the slow pace of reform |
| Nuclear Warfare Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 28th Feb Moscow Drops his insistence on the curtailment of the USASDI program |
| 28th Feb Moscow Proposes a separate agreement on abolition of medium rangeNuclear missiles in Europe |
| 14th April Moscow Proposes removing Russia's short range missiles from Eastern Europe |
| 14th April Proposes removing Russia's short range missiles from Eastern Europe |
| Plenum Central Committee Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 21st Oct Moscow Reveals that he has threatened to resign as a Member of the Politburo |
| 21st Oct Moscow Warns against the growing "cult of personality", comparison between Gorbachev & Stalin |
| Press Grigoryants, Sergei | |
| Founds the publication "Glasnost" |
| Publication of Gorbachev Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| "Perestroika", argues that national union is the greatest achievement of socialism |
| Publication of Pasternak Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich | |
| The journal Novy Mir announces it will publish Pasternak's banned book "Dr Zhivago" |
| Rebellion Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah | |
| Sibghatullah Mojaddedi is selected as the head of the Interim Islamic State of Afghanistan, in an attempt to reassert its legitimacy against the Moscow-sponsored Kabul regime |
| Rebellion Chernenko, Konstantin Ustinovich | |
| Sibghatullah Mojaddedi is selected as the head of the Interim Islamic State of Afghanistan, in an attempt to reassert its legitimacy against the Moscow-sponsored Kabul regime |
| Reform of Economy Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Moscow New law on "socialist enerprise" |
| Feb Moscow Creates co-operative businesses in catering, services & consumer goods manafacture |
| 1st May Moscow Legislation allowing free enterprise comes into effect |
| Resignation of Yeltsin Lukyanov, Anatoly | |
| 31st Oct Moscow Holds a news conference & confirms Yeltsin had threatened to resign from the Politburo |
| Secretary Central Committee Lukyanov, Anatoly Ivanovich | |
| Moscow Appointed Secretary of the Central Committee |
| Treaty of Nuclear Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 8th Dec Moscow A treaty is signed ending all intermediate-rangeNuclear weapons in Europe |
