nikolai ryzhkov was the president of the russian republic at the time of the disintegration of the soviet union.
who was the president of the russian republic at the time of the disintegration of the soviet union?
nikolai ryzhkov
following the treaty on the creation of the ussr of 1922, the russian soviet socialist federative republic, ukrainian socialist soviet republic, the byelorussian socialist soviet republic and the transcaucasian socialist federative soviet republic established the union of soviet socialist republics (ussr). the treaty established the government, which was later legitimised by the adoption of the first soviet constitution in 1924. the 1924 constitution made the government responsible to the congress of soviets of the soviet union. in 1936, the state system was reformed with the enactment of a new constitution. it abolished the congress of soviets and established the supreme soviet of the soviet union in its place. at the 1st plenary session of the ii supreme soviet in 1946 the government was renamed council of ministers. minor changes were introduced with the enactment of the 1976 constitution. the cpsu's 19th all-union conference voted in favor of amending the constitution. it allowed for multi-candidate elections, established the congress of people's deputies and weakened the party's control over the supreme soviet. later on 20 march 1991 the supreme soviet on mikhail gorbachev's suggestion amended the constitution to establish a presidential system. the council of ministers was abolished and replaced by a cabinet of ministers that was responsible to the president of the soviet union. the head of the cabinet of ministers was the prime minister of the soviet union. the government was forced to resign in the aftermath of the 1991 soviet coup d'état attempt, in which prime minister valentin pavlov participated in. in its place the soviet state established what was supposed to be a transitory committee headed by silayev to run the basic governmental functions until a new cabinet was appointed. on 26 december 1991 the supreme soviet dissolved the soviet union and therefore, the government of the soviet union.
list of governments of the soviet union
at last gorbachev attempted to restructure the soviet union into a less centralized state. however, on 19 august 1991, a coup against gorbachev, conspired by senior soviet officials, was attempted. the coup faced wide popular opposition and collapsed in three days, but disintegration of the union became imminent. the russian government took over most of the soviet union government institutions on its territory. because of the dominant position of russians in the soviet union, most gave little thought to any distinction between russia and the soviet union before the late 1980s. in the soviet union, only russian sfsr lacked even the paltry instruments of statehood that the other republics possessed, such as its own republic-level communist party branch, trade union councils, academy of sciences, and the like. the communist party of the soviet union was banned in russia in 1991–1992, although no lustration has ever taken place, and many of its members became top russian officials. however, as the soviet government was still opposed to market reforms, the economic situation continued to deteriorate. by december 1991, the shortages had resulted in the introduction of food rationing in moscow and saint petersburg for the first time since world war ii. russia received humanitarian food aid from abroad. after the belavezha accords, the supreme soviet of russia withdrew russia from the soviet union on 12 december. the soviet union officially ended on 25 december 1991, and the russian federation (formerly the russian soviet federative socialist republic) took power on 26 december. the russian government lifted price control on january 1992. prices rose dramatically, but shortages disappeared.
history of russia