Soviet Union: Polity Style: 1922-1991 |
30 Dec 1922 |
declaration and treaty on establishment of Sojuz Sovetskih Socialističeskih Respublik are passed and approved by a resolution of the First Congress of Soviets [1] |
30 Dec 1922 - 26 Dec 1991 |
Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (Sojuz Sovetskih Socialističeskih Respublik) [2] |
25 Dec 1991 |
televised address delivered by outgoing head of state (Prezident SSSR) announcing his resignation followed by takeover procedures ceding state power to authorities of Russian Federation (Rossijskaja Federacija) |
26 Dec 1991 |
a declaration passed by Sovet Respublik, one of two chambers of federal parliament (Verhovnyj Sovet SSSR), proclaimed that Soviet Union ceased to exist [3] |