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Second Congress of USSR People's Deputies

The second Congress of USSR People's Deputies (December 12-24, 1989), where the radical minority headed by Boris Yeltsin after the death of Andrei Sakharov demanded the abolition of Article 6 of the USSR Constitution, which stated that "the USSR Communist Party is the leading and guiding force" in the state. In turn, the conservative majority pointed to the destabilizing disintegration processes in the USSR and, consequently, the need to strengthen the powers of the center (the Soyuz group). Center: Vadim Medvedev, Soviet scientist and economist, Ph.D. in Economics, member of the USSR Communist Party Executive Committee Politburo, Kremlin Palace of Congresses (now the State Kremlin Palace).

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Second Congress of USSR People's Deputies

The second Congress of USSR People's Deputies (December 12-24, 1989), where the radical minority headed by Boris Yeltsin after the death of Andrei Sakharov demanded the abolition of Article 6 of the USSR Constitution, which stated that "the USSR Communist Party is the leading and guiding force" in the state. In turn, the conservative majority pointed to the destabilizing disintegration processes in the USSR and, consequently, the need to strengthen the powers of the center (the Soyuz group). The deputy asks a question from the floor during the discussion. Kremlin Palace of Congresses (now the State Kremlin Palace).

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Zoya Kiseleva, teacher and candidate for deputy to Supreme Soviet of USSR

Citizens of the Soviet Union prepare for the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 4, 1979. The district pre-election meeting held to discuss candidates for deputies to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and decide on nominating them for registration at a corresponding election commission. Far left: Zoya Kiseleva, teacher of geography at Secondary School No.579 (now Gymnasium No.1579), Merited School Teacher of the RSFSR and candidate for deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from Moscow's Krasnogvardeisky electoral district, makes a speech.

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