Belavezha Accords

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The Belavezha Accords were a 1991 agreement between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus that formally dissolved the Soviet Union and established the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding document of the Commonwealth of Independent States
international agreement
treaty
alsoKnownAs Belavezha Agreement
linked to: Belavezha Accords

Belovezh Accords
linked to: Belavezha Accords

Belovezhskaya Pushcha Agreement
linked to: Belavezha Accords
countryRepresented Belarus
Russia
Ukraine
createdEntity Commonwealth of Independent States
dateSigned 1991-12-08
dissolvedEntity Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
followedBy Alma-Ata Protocol
hasLegalForm multilateral agreement
language Belarusian
Russian
Ukrainian
linked to: Ukrainian language
legalBasisFor establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States
namedAfter Belovezhskaya Pushcha
opposedBy Mikhail Gorbachev
placeSigned Belarus
Belavezha Forest
linked to: Polesia

Viskuli
politicalContext collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe
end of the Cold War
ratifiedBy Supreme Soviet of Belarus
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
linked to: Verkhovna Rada
regionAffected Eastern Europe
post-Soviet space
relatedEvent August 1991 Soviet coup attempt
dissolution of the Soviet Union
relatedReferendum 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum
signatoryLeader Boris Yeltsin
Leonid Kravchuk
Stanislav Shushkevich
signatoryOfficial Gennady Burbulis
Vladimir Fokin
Vladimir Grinev
Vladimir Malofeyev
Vladimir Zamyatin
Vyacheslav Kebich
signatoryState Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
signedIn Soviet Union
statedThat the USSR as a subject of international law and a geopolitical reality ceases to exist
subjectOf historical analyses of the dissolution of the USSR
yearSigned 1991

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August 1991 Soviet coup attempt followedBy Belavezha Accords
dissolution of the Soviet Union hasSignificantEvent Alma-Ata Protocol
linked to: Belavezha Accords
dissolution of the Soviet Union formalizedBy Alma-Ata Protocol
linked to: Belavezha Accords
German Unity Day legalBasis Unification Treaty
linked to: Belavezha Accords
Boris Yeltsin (as President of the RSFSR) in 1991 signed Alma‑Ata Protocol
linked to: Belavezha Accords
Belavezha Accords alsoKnownAs Belovezh Accords
linked to: Belavezha Accords
Belavezha Accords alsoKnownAs Belavezha Agreement
linked to: Belavezha Accords
Belavezha Accords alsoKnownAs Belovezhskaya Pushcha Agreement
linked to: Belavezha Accords
Boris Yeltsin signed Belavezha Accords
Leonid Kravchuk significantEvent signing of the Belavezha Accords
linked to: Belavezha Accords
Leonid Kravchuk participantIn Belavezha Accords
Stanislav Shushkevich notableWork Belavezha Accords
Stanislav Shushkevich signatoryTo Belavezha Accords
Viskuli relatedAgreement Belavezha Accords
Alma-Ata Protocol follows Belavezha Accords
Alma-Ata Protocol relatedTo Belavezha Accords
Gennady Burbulis participatedIn Belavezha Accords negotiations
linked to: Belavezha Accords
Vladimir Grinev participatedIn Belavezha Accords
Vladimir Grinev signatoryOf Belavezha Accords
Vladimir Malofeyev participatedIn Belavezha Accords
Vladimir Malofeyev associatedWith Belavezha Agreement
linked to: Belavezha Accords
Council of Heads of State establishedBy Agreement on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States
linked to: Belavezha Accords