1990 ⟶ Kazakhstan Declares State Sovereignty

The Kazakhstan Soviet Socialist Republic issues a declaratio...
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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Declares State Sovereignty

The Kazakhstan Soviet Socialist Republic issues a declaration on state sovereignty which gives republic's operations precedence over all others. It is later renamed the following year on December 10, 1991 to the Republic of Kazakhstan.⟶
Kazakhstan Declares State Sovereignty (1990)
KazakhstanUSSRIndependenceSovereigntyDissolution of Soviet UnionPost-Soviet StatesNationalismCentral Asia

🇱🇹 Lithuania Declares Independence

Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.⟶
Lithuania Declares Independence (1990)
LithuaniaIndependenceUSSRBaltic StatesSecessionSoviet UnionNationalismPoliticsEurope

📜 Russia Declares Sovereignty

Russia issues the Declaration of Sovereignty but never officially declares its independence from the Soviet Union. With the declaration, it declares that the laws and constitution of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) to be above those of the Soviet Union. The loss of the RSFSR which was the most powerful of all the Soviet republics is a major blow to the Soviet Union.⟶
Russia Declares Sovereignty (1990)
RussiaSovereigntySoviet UnionIndependenceRSFSRDissolutionCold WarPolitical Crisis1990s

🇹🇯 Tajikistan Declares Independence

Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.⟶
Tajikistan Declares Independence (1991)
Soviet UnionIndependenceCentral AsiaFormer Soviet RepublicCollapse of USSRTajikistanSelf-determination

🚩 Chechnya Declares Sovereignty

Chechnya declares sovereignty.⟶
Chechnya Declares Sovereignty (1991)
Soviet UnionIndependenceChechnyaCaucasusFormer Soviet RepublicCollapse of USSRSelf-determinationSeparatism

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Declares Full Independence

Kazakhstan declares its full independence from the Soviet Union.⟶
Kazakhstan Declares Full Independence (1991)
Soviet UnionIndependenceCentral AsiaFormer Soviet RepublicCollapse of USSRKazakhstanSelf-determination