adoption of Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR

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constitutional event milestone in dissolution of the Soviet Union parliamentary act political event

The adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR was a pivotal 1990 political act in which the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic asserted its sovereignty from the USSR, helping to trigger the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of RSFSR	1
Declaration of State Sovereignty marked the beginning of constitutional independence of Russia from the USSR	1
Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional event ⓘ milestone in dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ parliamentary act ⓘ political event ⓘ
adoptedBy	Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Congress of People’s Deputies of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR
broaderCategory	sovereignty declarations of Soviet republics ⓘ
commemoratedAs	Russia Day ⓘ
commemorationDate	June 12 ⓘ
country	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
date	1990-06-12 ⓘ
declaredPrinciple	economic independence of the RSFSR ⓘ equality of citizens regardless of nationality ⓘ political pluralism ⓘ recognition of human rights and freedoms as highest value ⓘ separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers ⓘ sovereignty of RSFSR laws over USSR laws on its territory ⓘ
followedBy	Belavezha Accords ⓘ adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 ⓘ creation of the post of President of the RSFSR ⓘ
hasEffect	acceleration of the dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ assertion of state sovereignty of the RSFSR ⓘ emergence of Russia as a sovereign state ⓘ legal basis for future Russian constitution ⓘ strengthening of republican sovereignty within the USSR ⓘ weakening of central authority of the USSR ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
legalForm	declaration of state sovereignty ⓘ
legislativeBody	Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: First Congress of People’s Deputies of the RSFSR
location	Moscow ⓘ Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR
partOf	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ history of the Russian Federation ⓘ history of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
politicalContext	glasnost ⓘ late Soviet reforms under Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ perestroika ⓘ
politicalSignificance	marked shift of power from union center to Russian republic ⓘ symbolized beginning of modern Russian statehood ⓘ
precedes	formal dissolution of the USSR in December 1991 ⓘ
presidingOfficer	Boris Yeltsin ⓘ
recognizedAs	national holiday in the Russian Federation ⓘ
region	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
relatedDocument	adoption of Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR
relatedPerson	Boris Yeltsin ⓘ Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
timePeriod	late Soviet period ⓘ
year	1990 ⓘ

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Russia Day → alsoKnownAs → adoption of Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of RSFSR

Russian SFSR → notableEvent → adoption of Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR ⓘ

adoption of Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR → relatedDocument → adoption of Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR

Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian SFSR → significance → adoption of Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of State Sovereignty marked the beginning of constitutional independence of Russia from the USSR