hronology of Russian History.
Part 4(4).
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The Post-Soviet Period
1991 - BORIS NIKOLAEVICH YELTSIN September 5 State Council set up by Congress of People's Deputies to govern in emergency September 7 Baltic states recognized Fall Leningrad renamed 'St. Petersburg' November 1 COMECON dissolves December 1 Ukrainian referendum on independence passed by 90.3% 1992 January 1 Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar frees prices Ruble plummets; prices sky-rocket March 31 Federal Treaty signed May 15 Treaty on Collective Security: Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan October 1 Voucher privatization begins 1993 April 25 Referendum supports the president and the reforms August 31 Soviet troops withdrawn from Lithuania (not Latvia & Estonia) September 21 President dissolves Congress of People's Deputies and Supreme Soviet of RF and calls for election of Federal Assembly October 2-4 Storming of the House of the Soviets December 12 Elections of first Federal Assembly of Russia and referendum to ratify Russian Constitution 1994 January 11 Federal Assembly begins its work February 23 State Duma passes amnesty for political and economic crimes October 28 Solzhenitsyn addresses the State Duma November 28 Russian Security Council votes to send troops to Chechnya 1995 Spring Russians massacre villagers in Samashky; Chechens take hostages at Budennovsk July Yeltsin has first heart attack December 17 CPRF under Gennady Zyuganov dominates Duma elections 1996 March 29 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan sign integration accords in Moscow April 2 Russia & Belarus sign 'Agreement on the Formation of a Community' June 16 Presidential primaries: Yeltsin & Zyuganov (Communist Party) win July 3 Yeltsin defeats Zyuganov in run-off election July 12 Ukrainian constitution signed by President Kuchma August 5 Chechen rebels re-take Grozny August 23 Full-scale combat operations end in Chechnya August 31 Lebed and Aslan Maskhadov sign peace accord in Chechnya November 5 Yeltsin undergoes quintuple by-pass surgery November 28 Belorussian President Lukashenko signs new constitution extending his powers and replaces the parliament December 1 Russian troops begin withdrawal from Chechnya 1997 January 1 New Criminal Code replaces 1960 Soviet code January 27 Chechen elections held; Aslan Maskhadov wins with 65%  [To USSR-History][Next Chapter:Soviet Directory, an Introduction]
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