Belavezha Accords

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founding document of the Commonwealth of Independent States international agreement treaty

The Belavezha Accords were a 1991 agreement between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus that formally dissolved the Soviet Union and established the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Alma-Ata Protocol 2
Alma‑Ata Protocol 1
Belavezha Agreement 1
Belovezh Accords 1
Belovezhskaya Pushcha Agreement 1
Unification Treaty 1
signing of the Belavezha Accords 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf founding document of the Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Belavezha Accords ⓘ
surface form: Belavezha Agreement

Belavezha Accords ⓘ
surface form: Belovezh Accords

Belavezha Accords ⓘ
surface form: Belovezhskaya Pushcha Agreement
countryRepresented Belarus ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
createdEntity Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
dateSigned 1991-12-08 ⓘ
dissolvedEntity Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
followedBy Alma-Ata Protocol ⓘ
hasLegalForm multilateral agreement ⓘ
language Belarusian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian language ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian
legalBasisFor establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
namedAfter Belovezhskaya Pushcha ⓘ
opposedBy Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
placeSigned Belarus ⓘ
Polesia ⓘ
surface form: Belavezha Forest

Viskuli ⓘ
politicalContext collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe ⓘ
end of the Cold War ⓘ
ratifiedBy Supreme Soviet of Belarus ⓘ
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ⓘ
Verkhovna Rada ⓘ
surface form: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
regionAffected Eastern Europe ⓘ
Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ
surface form: post-Soviet space
relatedEvent August 1991 Soviet coup attempt ⓘ
dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
relatedReferendum 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum ⓘ
signatoryLeader Boris Yeltsin ⓘ
Leonid Kravchuk ⓘ
Stanislav Shushkevich ⓘ
signatoryOfficial Gennady Burbulis ⓘ
Vladimir Fokin ⓘ
Vladimir Grinev ⓘ
Vladimir Malofeyev ⓘ
Vladimir Zamyatin ⓘ
Vyacheslav Kebich ⓘ
signatoryState Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
signedIn Soviet Union ⓘ
statedThat the USSR as a subject of international law and a geopolitical reality ceases to exist ⓘ
subjectOf historical analyses of the dissolution of the USSR ⓘ
yearSigned 1991 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belavezha Accords → alsoKnownAs → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belovezh Accords
Belavezha Accords → alsoKnownAs → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belavezha Agreement
Belavezha Accords → alsoKnownAs → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belovezhskaya Pushcha Agreement
August 1991 Soviet coup attempt → followedBy → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alma-Ata Protocol
this entity surface form: Alma-Ata Protocol
German Unity Day → legalBasis → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unification Treaty
Stanislav Shushkevich → notableWork → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
Leonid Kravchuk → participantIn → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
Stanislav Shushkevich → signatoryTo → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
Boris Yeltsin → signed → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alma‑Ata Protocol
Leonid Kravchuk → significantEvent → Belavezha Accords ⓘ
this entity surface form: signing of the Belavezha Accords