1990 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1990 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

← 1989 1988 1987 1990 in the Soviet Union → 1991 1992 1993
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1990 History of the Soviet Union

Incumbents

• President of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev
• General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev
• Chairman of the Supreme Soviet – Mikhail Gorbachev (until 15 March), Anatoly Lukyanov (after 15 March)
• Vice President of the Soviet Union – Gennady Yanayev
• Premier of the Soviet Union – Nikolai Ryzhkov

Events

January

• January 12 – Baku pogrom[1]
• January 19-20 – Black January[2]

March

• March 4 – 1990 Russian Supreme Soviet election
• March 11 – Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania[3]

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[4]
• May 16 – Congress of People's Deputies of Russia is established
• May 30-31 – 1990 Vrancea earthquakes

June

• June 1 – 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord
• June 4-6 – Osh riots
• June 7-8 – 1990 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
• June 12 – Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
• June 19 – Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is established

July

• Unknown date – Gazprombank was founded.
• July 14 – The 28th Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is elected
• July 14 – Central Committee elected by the 28th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• July 16 – Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine
• July 27 – Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic

August

• August 10 – Tbilisi–Agdam bus bombing
• August 30 – The 500 Days program is established

October

• October 11 – Declaration of State Sovereignty of Bashkortostan
• October 17 – VTB Bank was founded.
• October 24 – Soviet nuclear tests
• October 27 – Askar Akayev is elected as the 1st President of Kyrgyzstan[5]
• October 27 – The first episode of Pole Chudes is presented

Deaths

• May 15 — Porfiry Krylov, Soviet painter and graphic artist
• May 26 — Varlen Pen, Soviet painter
• June 1 — Natalia Tkachenko , 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

See also

• 1990 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
• List of Soviet films of 1980-91

References

1. "Azerbaijan". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
2. "Black January: Baku (1990): Behind the Scenes – A Photojournalist's Perspective" by Reza Deghati with Betty Blair / in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 6:1 (Spring 1998), pp. 33–37
3. http://www3.lrs.lt/seimu_istorija/w3_viewer.ViewTheme-p_int_tv_id=281&p_kalb_id=2&p_org=0.htm
4. Press, From Associated (1990-05-09). "Moscow Parade Marks Date of WWII Victory". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
5. "ИНАУГУРАЦИИ 1991-2000". Akipress.com.