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mar 1, 1989 - Legislative elections held

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Competitive elections held for the new, two-tier federal legislature consisting of the Congress of People’s Deputies and a smaller Supreme Soviet. Huge reform. Secret ballots, actually had to choose someone for the ballot to count. Yeltson had resigned, ostracized, in 1987. But was elected in these elections.

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mar 1, 1989
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~ 37 years ago