New Union Treaty
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The New Union Treaty was a proposed agreement in 1991 to transform the Soviet Union into a looser federation of sovereign republics in an effort to prevent its collapse.
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional reform proposal
ⓘ
proposed political treaty ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
preserve a reformed union of Soviet republics
ⓘ
prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ restructure the Soviet Union into a looser federation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Novo-Ogarevo process treaty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of the Union of Sovereign States NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| draftedAtLocation | Novo-Ogaryovo residence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftedNearCity | Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftingProcessName | Novo-Ogarevo process ⓘ |
| excludedRepublic |
Estonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ Moldova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyInvolved | Supreme Soviet of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| historicalConsequence | failure contributed to dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | last major attempt to reform and preserve the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| initiallyAgreedBy | nine Soviet republics ⓘ |
| initiallySignedBy |
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyPrinciple |
division of powers between center and republics
ⓘ
greater economic autonomy for republics ⓘ political pluralism within the union ⓘ sovereignty of union republics ⓘ voluntary membership in the union ⓘ |
| legalForm | union treaty ⓘ |
| legalStatus | draft treaty only ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
hardline communists
ⓘ
independence movements in Baltic republics ⓘ some Russian nationalists ⓘ |
| politicalLeaderInvolved |
Boris Yeltsin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev NERFINISHED ⓘ leaders of several Soviet republics ⓘ |
| preventedByEvent | August 1991 Soviet coup attempt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Mikhail Gorbachev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedInYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| proposedStructure |
decentralized union state
ⓘ
federation of sovereign republics ⓘ |
| relatedToEvent | dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| relatedToPolicy |
glasnost
ⓘ
perestroika ⓘ |
| republicsExpectedToJoin |
Azerbaijan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scheduledSigningDate | 1991-08-20 ⓘ |
| status |
never signed
ⓘ
not implemented ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Mikhail Gorbachev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
reformist republican leaders ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Soviet period ⓘ |
| wouldCreateEntityNamed | Union of Sovereign States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wouldRetain |
common armed forces
ⓘ
common currency ⓘ common foreign policy ⓘ common president of the union ⓘ |
| wouldTransformEntity | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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