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Perestroika and Glasnost in the Russian SFSR (1985–1991)

Perestroika and Glasnost in the Russian SFSR (1985–1991)

  1. Gorbachev elected CPSU general secretary

    Labels: Mikhail Gorbachev, CPSU

  2. Party plenum launches “acceleration” (uskorenie)

    Labels: CPSU Central

  3. 27th CPSU Congress foregrounds reform agenda

    Labels: 27th CPSU

  4. Chernobyl disaster accelerates demands for openness

    Labels: Chernobyl Nuclear

  6. Law on State Enterprise adopted

    Labels: Law on

  8. 19th CPSU Conference endorses political democratization

    Labels: 19th CPSU

  9. Constitutional amendments create USSR Congress of Deputies

    Labels: USSR Supreme, Congress of

  10. First partially competitive USSR elections held

    Labels: USSR elections

  11. Russian SFSR elects Congress of People’s Deputies

    Labels: Russian SFSR

  12. Yeltsin elected chairman of Russia’s Supreme Soviet

    Labels: Boris Yeltsin, Supreme Soviet

  13. Russian SFSR adopts sovereignty declaration

    Labels: Declaration of, Russian SFSR

  14. Yeltsin resigns from the Communist Party

    Labels: Boris Yeltsin, CPSU

  15. Russian referendum approves creating an elected presidency

    Labels: Russian referendum

  16. Yeltsin wins first Russian presidential election

    Labels: Boris Yeltsin, Russian presidential

  17. Hardliners attempt August coup; Russian resistance mobilizes

    Labels: August Coup, Russian parliament

  18. Yeltsin bans Communist Party activity in Russia

    Labels: Boris Yeltsin, Communist Party