Russia and the USSR

By rushhogan16

  • Gorbachev

    The Politburo unanimously supported Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary of the Communist Party.

  • revolution

    Singing Revolution: The Popular Front of Estonia was founded.

  • Soviet- Afghan

    Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet government signed the Geneva Accords, which included a timetable for withdrawing their armed forces.

  • poland

    A strike at the V.I. Lenin Steel Mill in Nowa Huta touched off months of striking across Poland.

  • revo continues with progress

    Singing Revolution: The liberalization movement Sąjūdis was founded in Lithuania.

  • things wrapping up

    Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet troops left the country.

  • New ideas founded

    The Polish Round Table Agreement legalized independent trade unions and reinstated the Senate.

  • polish rights

    Free elections were held to the Polish parliament, resulting in a landslide Solidarity victory

  • singing continues

    Singing Revolution: Two million people joined hands to form the Baltic Way across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to demonstrate for independence.

  • Hungary stands up

    The Hungarian parliament declared their country a republic.

  • osmosis

    The East German government loosened restrictions on travel into the West, effecting the end of the Berlin Wall.

  • el salvador

    El Salvador Civil War: The FMLN launched an offensive that would capture part of San Salvador.

  • need for change

    Velvet Revolution: The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announced the end of its monopoly on political power.

  • finally

    Romanian Revolution of 1989: Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu was captured in the countryside and executed.

  • bulgaria

    The Bulgarian Communist Party repealed its constitutional supremacy.

  • Indipendance

    Singing Revolution: The Lithuanian government declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

  • it was a start

    Singing Revolution: Elections to the Latvian Supreme Soviet gave the majority of seats to a pro-independence coalition, led by the Popular Front of Latvia.

  • we dont like you anymore

    Velvet Revolution: Elections in Czechoslovakia reduced the Communist Party to a minority.

  • building

    The First Congress of People's Deputies of Russia issued the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

  • A big month

    January Events: Soviet troops violently seized important buildings in cities throughout Lithuania.

  • more fractures

    The Moldavian SSR became the Republic of Moldova.

  • a new page for some

    Russian presidential election, 1991: Boris Yeltsin was elected to the presidency of the Russian SFSR.
  • Period: to

    another free

    The Kyrgyz SSR became the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.
    Declares independance after negotiations

  • a try again

    Soviet coup attempt of 1991: A group of high-ranking officials calling themselves the State Emergency Committee announced that Gennady Yanayev was to replace Gorbachev as President of the Soviet Union.

  • Ukrain

    The Ukrainian parliament adopted the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine.

  • winning

    Militants belonging to the separatist AllNational Congress of the Chechen People stormed a session of the Supreme Soviet of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR. NCChP leader Dzhokhar Dudaev was appointed to the presidency.

  • New man in charge

    A national referendum confirmed the Dudaev presidency. Dudaev unilaterally declared the independence of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

  • big break down

    The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine signed the Belavezha Accords, dissolving the Soviet Union.
  • Period: to

    building

    Russian constitutional crisis of 1993: Yeltsin announced the dissolution of the Russian legislature. The legislature, in turn, responded by impeaching Yeltsin and declaring Aleksandr Rutskoy the new President of the Russian Federation Russian constitutional crisis of 1993: The army occupied the parliament building and arrested a number of its leaders. Russian constitutional crisis of 1993: A new 5th Russian constitution was approved by referendum, vastly increasing the power of the presidency
  • Period: to

    Resistance

    First Chechen War: The leader of the Russian-backed Provisional Council of the Chechen Republic announced his intention to overthrow the Dudaev government.
    First Chechen War: Russian troops invaded Chechnya.

  • Narrow Victory

    Russian presidential election, 1996: Yeltsin narrowly defeated his Communist challenger, Gennady Zyuganov.

  • War

    First Chechen War: The Khasav-Yurt Accord was signed, signaling the end of the war.