Belovezh Accords
12/08/1991 AD dissolved
The accords forming the agreement that declared the USSR had effectively ceased to exist and established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in its place as a successor entity.
The documentation was signed by leaders of three of the four republics which had signed the 1922 Treaty on the Creation of the USSR:
- Russian President Boris Yeltsin and First Deputy Prime Minister of the RSFSR/Russian Federation Gennady Burbulis
- Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and Ukrainian Prime Minister Vitold Fokin
- Belarusian Parliament Chairman Stanislav Shushkevich and Prime Minister of Belarus Vyacheslav Kebich
The original document could not be found as of 2013.
Viskuli
Lattitude: 52.6166° N
Longitude: 23.95° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc
Modern Day Belarus
Lattitude: 52.6166° N
Longitude: 23.95° E
Region: Russia and Eastern Bloc
Modern Day Belarus
Subjects Who or What dissolved?
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Russia Nation -
Ukraine (Україна, Ukraïna) The second-largest count... -
Belarus (Byelorussia) Landlocked country in Ea...
Objects To Whom or What was dissolved?
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Soviet Union (USSR) The Union of Soviet ...
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