The following lists events that happened during 1990 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 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 January 19–20 – Black January March March 4 – 1990 Russian Supreme Soviet election March 11 – Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania 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 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 October 27 – The first episode of Pole Chudes is presented Births September 19 — Evgeny Novikov, Russian rally driver 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