Institution

Soviet of the Republics

1991 · 20th century

The Soviet of the Republics was the upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, created in September 1991 after the failed August coup, with delegates from the union republics. On 26 December 1991, the day after Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, it adopted a declaration recognising that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist as a state, formally ending the union.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Soviet of the Republics. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/soviet-of-the-republics
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