The following lists events that happened during

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

in the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

Incumbents

President of the Soviet Union The president of the Soviet Union (russian: Президент Советского Союза, Prezident Sovetskogo Soyuza), officially the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (), abbreviated as president of the USSR (), was ...

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Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ...

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Chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of the Supreme Soviet –

(until 15 March),

Anatoly Lukyanov Anatoly Ivanovich Lukyanov (russian: Анатолий Иванович Лукьянов, 7 May 1930 – 9 January 2019) was a Russian Communist politician who was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR between 15 March 1990 and 4 Se ...

(after 15 March) *Vice President of the Soviet Union –

Gennady Yanayev Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (russian: Генна́дий Ива́нович Яна́ев, link=no; 26 August 193724 September 2010) was a Soviet politician who served as the first and only vice president of the Soviet Union. Yanayev's political ...

Premier of the Soviet Union The Premier of the Soviet Union (russian: Глава Правительства СССР) was the head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The office had four different names throughout its existence: Chairman of the ...

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Nikolai Ryzhkov Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov ( uk, Микола Іванович Рижков; russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков; born 28 September 1929) is a Soviet, and later Russian, politician. He served as the last Chairman of the Counci ...

Events

January

*January 12 – Baku pogrom *January 19–20 –

Black January Black January ( az, Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on the civilian population of Baku on 19–20 January 1990, as part of a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet U ...

March

*March 4 –

1990 Russian Supreme Soviet election Legislative elections were held in the Russian SFSR on 4 March 1990. A total of 1,068 deputies were elected to the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR for a term of five years, 86% of them from the Communist Party; the rest were non-commun ...

*March 11 –

Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ( lt, Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the S ...

May

*May 4 – Declaration "On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia" *May 6 – Bridge of Flowers *May 9 –

1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade The 1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held on May 9, 1990 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War. The parade was inspected by the USSR Minister of Defense Marshal Dmitry Yazov, and was co ...

*May 16 –

Congress of People's Deputies of Russia The Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian SFSR (russian: Съезд народных депутатов РСФСР) and since 1991 Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation (russian: Съезд народных депута� ...

is established *May 30–31 –

1990 Vrancea earthquakes The 1990 Vrancea earthquakes were three earthquakes on 30 and 31 May 1990 with magnitudes of 7.0 and 6.2 that struck the Romanian county of Vrancea, on two consecutive days. Severe damage in the Bucharest- Brăila-Brașov area was reported and ...

June

*June 1 – 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord *June 4–6 – Osh riots *June 7–8 –

1990 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church The 1990 Local Council meeting was the fifth in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Local Council in the second patriarchal period (since 1917), which took place on 7 and 8 June 1990 at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. The council ...

*June 12 –

Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR ( rus, Декларация о государственном суверенитете РСФСР, r=Deklaratsiya o gosudarstvennom suverenitete RSFSR) was a political act of the Russian S ...

*June 19 –

Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (CP RSFSR; russian: Коммунистическая партия Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Респуб ...

is established

July

*Unknown date –

Gazprombank Gazprombank (russian: Газпромбанк), or GPB (JSC), is a private-owned Russian bank, the third largest bank in the country by assets. Since November 2014, Yuri Shamalov's Gazfond is its largest shareholder. The bank’s principal busines ...

was founded. *July 14 – The

28th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Politburo of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was in session from 1990 to 1991. The new politburo was expunged and weakened, and apart from Mikhail Gorbachev himself, no members also held positions in the state or ...

is elected *July 14 –

Central Committee elected by the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Central Committee of the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) was in session from 1990 until the party was banned on 6 November 1991. It elected, at its 1st Plenary Session, the Politburo and the Secretariat (and in ...

*July 16 –

Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine ( uk, Декларація про державний суверенітет України, translit=Deklaratsiia pro derzhavnyi suvernitet Ukrainy) was adopted on July 16, 1990, by the recently ele ...

*July 27 –

Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic The Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was a formal document issued by the Supreme Soviet of Belarus to assert its independence from the Soviet Union. Passed on July 27, 1990, the Declaration started th ...

August

*August 10 – Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing *August 30 – The

500 Days The 500 Days Program (russian: программа "500 дней") was an ambitious program to overcome the economic crisis in the Soviet Union by means of a transition to a market economy. History The program was proposed by Grigory Yavlinsk ...

program is established

October

*October 11 – Declaration of State Sovereignty of Bashkortostan *October 17 –

VTB Bank VTB Bank (; formerly known as ''Vneshtorgbank'', , lit. 'International Trade Bank') is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered in Saint Petersburg, St. Peter ...

was founded. *October 24 – Soviet nuclear tests *October 27 –

Askar Akayev Askar Akayevich Akayev ( ky, Аскар Акаевич (Акай уулу) Акаев, translit=Askar Akayevich (Akay Uulu) Akayev ; ; born 10 November 1944) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being ov ...

is elected as the 1st

President of Kyrgyzstan The president of Kyrgyzstan, officially the president of the Kyrgyz Republic (russian: Президент Киргизской Республики; ky, Кыргыз Республикасынын Президенти), is the head of state an ...

*October 27 – The first episode of ''

Pole Chudes ''Pole Chudes'' ( rus, По́ле Чуде́с, p=ˈpolʲɪ tɕʉˈdʲes, ''Buratino#In popular culture, The Field of Wonders'') is a Russian adaptation of the U.S. game show ''Wheel of Fortune (American game show), Wheel of Fortune'' (loosely b ...

'' is presented

Births

*September 19 —

Evgeny Novikov Evgeny Maksimovich Novikov (russian: Евгений Максимович Новиков, translit=Yevgeniy Maksimovich Novikov; born 19 September 1990) is a former Russian rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2007 to 2 ...

, Russian rally driver

Deaths

*May 15 — Porfiry Krylov, Soviet painter and graphic artist *May 26 —

Varlen Pen Pen Varlen (russian: Пен Варлен; ; September 29, 1916, Russian Empire; May 26, 1990, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian — Korean painter and graphic artist, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, lived and worked in Leningrad, ...

, Soviet painter *June 1 —

Natalia Tkachenko Natalia may refer to: People * Natalia (given name), list of people with this name * Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980) * Natalia (Greek singer) (born 1983) * Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982) Music and film * ''Natalia'' (film), a 198 ...

, Soviet painter *June 22 — Marat Podoksin, Soviet painter *July 4 — Pavel Utkin, Soviet painter *August 2 — Vladilen Nikiforov, Soviet painter *August 6 — Baqi Urmançe, Tatar-Soviet painter, sculptor, and graphic artist *August 30 — Timofey Ksenofontov, Soviet painter *October 24 — Boris Maluev, Soviet painter and graphic artist *November 7 — Stepan Privedentsev, Soviet painter

References

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