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First Orthodox Mass celebrated in the Kremlin since 1918, by Patriarch Alexi II.
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| 01.01.1990 | LT | "Youth Radio M 1" goes live in Vilnius, the first non-state broadcaster in the Soviet Union. It is supported by Süddeutsche Zeitung and will transmit Russian and Lithuanian. |
| 11- 13.01.1990 |
LT | Gorbachev visits Lithuania, to be met by mass demonstrations for independence, self-determination. 300 000 protest in Vilnius. |
| 01.1990 | Soviet Army intervenes in Baku killing 98 people. | |
| 04.02.1990 | SU | Mass demonstrations in Moscow against the monopoly on power of the CPSU. |
| 07.02.1990 | LT | The Lithuanian Supreme Council declares the annexation of the country by the Soviet Union in 1940 as "illegal." |
| 08.02.1990 | SU | US Secretary of State Baker makes new proposals to Shevardnadse for accelerating START and troop withdrawals, suggesting ceilings on troops for both sides of 195 000 in Central Europe and 4 700 war planes. |
| 11.02.1990 | SU | Gorbachev gives his blessing to German unification. |
| 24.02.1990 | LT | Regional elections in Lithuania. |
| 03.1990 | LT | Declaration of Independence by Lithuania. Soviet blockade. Interfront : Communist reaction. |
| 04.03.1990 | LT | Sajudis gains an overall majority afer the second round of voting in Lithuania. |
| 11.03.1990 | LT | The Supreme Council of Lithuania restores its independence with UDI from the Soviet Union. Vyautas Landsbergis is elected its Chairman. |
| 16.03.1990 | LT | Gorbachev issues an ultimatum to Lithuania to take back its declaration of independence. |
| 17.04.1990 | LT | Moscow imposes an economic blockade on Lithuania. |
| 24.04.1990 | SU GE |
North Ossetian Parliament to call an emergency session about refugees |
| 01.05.1990 | SU | Gorbachev is booed from the platform during Red Day celebrations in Red Square. |
| 12.06.1990 | SU RU |
Russia's parliament declare its sovereignty within the Soviet Union. |
| 13.06.1990 | SU RU |
Yeltsin walks out from Congress of CPSU. Followed by reformists who establish own political movement outside party apparatus. |
| 06.1990 | KI | More than 300 killed in Osh, Kirghizia in worst inter-ethnic clashes is SU so far. |
| 30.06.1990 | LT | Lithuanian Supreme Council agrees to suspend the effects of the declaration of independence for 100 days. The economic blockade is ended. Oil supplies from Russia are resumed. |
| 08.1990 | MD | Gaugaz minority declares independence from Moldova. |
| 10.08.1990 | SU RU |
Karelia's parliament, an ASSR of the RSFSR, passes a declaration of sovereignty, placing Karelian legislation above Soviet laws in priority. This is the first declaration of sovereignty in the USSR. It states that Karelia is a sovereign, democratic state under the rule of law, inside the USSR and RSFSR. Some juridicial powers, to be decided by parliament, would "voluntarily" be passed to the Federation ond the Union. |
| 05.09.1990 | MD | Snegur is elected president after parlaiment in Moldova votes for the creation of a presidial republic, due to the crisis of the sovereign republic (Gaugaz) and the 'Socialist Soviet of Trans-Dneistr.' |
| 12.09.1990 | SU | 4+2 talks in Moscow seal German unity. |
| 09.1990 | SU | "This legal nit-picking is not serious." Gorbachev on
Supremes Soviet's objections on constitutional grounds to granting him
wider powers. MSG is granted special emergency powers to deal with the
economy, budget, property relationships and law and order. Supreme Soviet
votes for a combination of Shatalin's radical and PM Ryzhkov's cautious
proposals, following a
cue by Gorbachev. First Orthodox Mass celebrated in the Kremlin since 1918, by Patriarch Alexi II. |
| 30.09.1990 | AZ | Republican and local elections in Azerbaijan. |
| 17.10.1990 | SU | Supreme Soviet adopts the reform programme "Basic Directions for the Stabilisation of the Economy and Transition to a Market Economy), to be implemented mostly by presidential decree. |
| 01.11.1990 | SU | Gorbachev's decree introducing a commercial exchange rate for the Rouble comes into effect, with an initial parity of 1.8 Rbl/US$. |
| 02.11.1990 | MD | The Gaugaz (Christian Turkic) minority in Moldova form a government. The republic proclaimed independence from Modlova in August. |
| 16.11.1990 | EE | Estonia's Supreme Soviet proclaims the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union. |
| 12.1990 | SU | Fyodorov resigns from post of Finance Minister, accusing Yeltsin of not being serious about market reform. |
| 20.12.1990 | SU | Sheverdnadze resigns, warning of an impending coup attempt, and the dangers of dictatorship. |
| GE | Georgia imposes a state of emergency on South Ossetia, after violent attacks on each other by the two ethnic groups. |
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