The new legislature replaced the Congress of Soviets and began operating under the 1936 constitution. Formal representation coexisted with party control over candidate selection and policy.
A decree re-established the Chechen-Ingush ASSR after Stalin-era deportations and abolished the Grozny region. This was one step in a wider, uneven process of return: many people found homes...
The Council of Republics of the Supreme Soviet adopted a declaration recognizing that the USSR had ceased to exist. The formal end followed decades of union rule, republican mobilization, and a...
