Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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The Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was a 1990 political act by the Russian SFSR that asserted its sovereignty from the Soviet Union and laid the groundwork for the modern Russian Federation.

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instanceOf constitutional act ⓘ
political declaration ⓘ
adoptedBy Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian SFSR ⓘ
First Congress of People’s Deputies of the RSFSR ⓘ
category 1990 in politics ⓘ
Sovereignty declarations of Soviet republics ⓘ
commemoration Russia Day ⓘ
commemorationCountry Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
commemorationDate June 12 ⓘ
constitutionalHierarchy declared priority of the RSFSR Constitution over USSR legislation on RSFSR territory ⓘ
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
dateAdopted 1990-06-12 ⓘ
followedBy Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 ⓘ
Declaration of the Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen in the RSFSR ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Soviet period ⓘ
influencedBy economic and political crisis in the USSR ⓘ
growing autonomy movements in Soviet republics ⓘ
keyPrinciple priority of human rights and freedoms ⓘ
recognition of political pluralism ⓘ
recognition of private property ⓘ
separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers ⓘ
supremacy of RSFSR laws over USSR laws on its territory ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
legalEffect contributed to transformation of RSFSR into a sovereign state ⓘ
initiated constitutional reform in the RSFSR ⓘ
served as basis for the 1991 RSFSR Constitution amendments ⓘ
legalStatus foundational act of Russian statehood ⓘ
legislature Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR ⓘ
mainProponent Boris Yeltsin ⓘ
placeAdopted Moscow ⓘ
politicalContext Perestroika ⓘ
linked to: perestroika

dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
politicalRole strengthened position of Boris Yeltsin in Russian politics ⓘ
recognizedRight right of the RSFSR to independent foreign relations ⓘ
right of the RSFSR to its own armed forces ⓘ
right of the RSFSR to its own citizenship ⓘ
relatedConcept parade of sovereignties ⓘ
relatedDocument Act of Declaration of Independence of Lithuania ⓘ
Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine ⓘ
relatedEvent 1991 August Coup ⓘ
Belavezha Accords ⓘ
dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 ⓘ
shortName Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR ⓘ
significance asserted state sovereignty of the RSFSR within the USSR ⓘ
laid groundwork for the modern Russian Federation ⓘ
statedGoal creation of a democratic rule-of-law state in Russia ⓘ
ensuring equal rights for all citizens and peoples living in the RSFSR ⓘ
territorialScope territory of the RSFSR ⓘ

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Russia Day → commemorates → Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → shortName → Declaration of State Sovereignty of the RSFSR ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic