Countryhumans|Восемь|meme|Independence of Russia|June 12, 1990

Song: Восемь Executor: Лилу45 Original: me? Original song: Country/Countries: RSFSR (fem), USSR (male), Republics Event: Independence of the RSFSR (June 12, 1990) Information about event: ENG Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempts to save the USSR were dealt a serious blow with the election of Boris Yeltsin on May 29, 1990, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. This election took place in a bitter struggle, on the third attempt and with a margin of three votes over the candidate from the conservative part of the Supreme Soviet, Ivan Polozkov. Russia was part of the USSR as one of the union republics, representing the overwhelming majority of the population of the USSR, its territory, economic and military potential. The central bodies of the RSFSR were located in Moscow, like the all-Union bodies, but traditionally they were perceived as secondary in comparison with the bodies of power of the USSR. With the election of Boris Yeltsin as the head of the Supreme Soviet, the RSFSR em