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