In the first session of the new Congress of People's Deputies, from May 25 to June 9, hardliners retained control but reformers used the legislature as a platform for debate and criticism – which was broadcast live and uncensored. This transfixed the population; nothing like this freewheeling debate had ever been witnessed in the U.S.S.R. On May 29, Yeltsin managed to secure a seat on the Supreme Soviet, and in the summer he formed the first opposition, the Inter-Regional Deputies Group, composed of Russian nationalists and liberals. Composing the final legislative group in the Soviet Union, those elected in 1989 played a vital part in reforms and the eventual breakup of the Soviet Union during the next two years.
In the first session of the new Congress of People 's Deputies , from May 25 to June 9 , hardliners retained control but reformers used the legislature as a platform for debate and criticism – which was broadcast live and uncensored . This transfixed the population ; nothing like this freewheeling debate had ever been witnessed in the U.S.S.R. On May 29 , Yeltsin managed to secure a seat on the Supreme Soviet , and in the summer he formed the first opposition , the Inter - Regional Deputies Group , composed of Russian nationalists and liberals . Composing the final legislative group in the Soviet Union , those elected in 1989 played a vital part in reforms and the eventual breakup of the Soviet Union during the next two years .
Who made up the Inter-Regional Deputies Group?
Who made up the Inter - Regional Deputies Group ?
Russian nationalists and liberals.
Russian nationalists and liberals.