Timeline (New Union)

This timeline describes how the August Coup was discovered prior to it being executed. Mikhail Gorbachev remains in power and the Soviet Union is reformed into a New Union.

1990



 * March 15 &mdash; The office of "" is established. The (the legislature of the USSR at the time) unanimously votes for  as President, with the intention of holding direct elections within five years.


 * July &mdash; During the of the, President  proposes restructuring the , culminating in the "" project.


 * November 23 &mdash; The first draft of the is submitted to the.

1991

 * January 1 &mdash; A drafting committee is formed to work on a final version of the . Six of the 15 (,, , , , and ) do not participate in the drafting.


 * March 6 &mdash; The first version of the is approved by the  and sent to the individual Supreme Soviets of the  for final approval. An agreement could not be reached on the distribution of power between the federal government and the republics, resulting in the first bill being unapproved. Added to the disappointment, several of the  express their desire to raise their status within the Soviet Union and demand to take part in the drafting of a new treaty.


 * March 17 &mdash; A is held across the . The referendum questioned the Soviet people on their support for preserving a Soviet state, with over 77% of the population voting yes. Despite the referendum was predominantly boycotted by six  and the, 's approval gains a boost.


 * March 31 &mdash; An is held in, in which the majority of Georgians favor independence from the . Georgia officially declares independence on April 9.


 * April 23 &mdash; An agreement is made between the central government of the and nine of the 15 . The so called "9+1 agreement" is signed in, with the goal of converting the USSR into a federation of equal and sovereign republics. The agreement also results in the popularization of the name "Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics" to be adopted as a new name for the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics."




 * July 31 &mdash; The and the  sign the, in which both nations agree to reduce their stockpiles of.


 * August 18 &mdash; A plane varying four Soviet officials crashes along the n- border, killing all on board. President cuts his vacation in the  short and visits the crash site. Gorbachev announces a state of mourning and states this will not affect the declared signing of the.


 * August 20 &mdash; The of, , and  ratify the . Upon which the  becomes void and the establishment of the "Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics" takes place. The remaining republics of the USSR either wait to ratify the treaty or to push for independence.


 * August 23 &mdash; Soviet Vice President announces his resignation. Former Premier  is eventually selected to fill the office.


 * September 3 &mdash; The of, , and  ratify the.


 * September 6 &mdash; The recognizes the independence of the  of, , and.


 * September 17 &mdash; The of, , and the  ratify the.


 * September 21 &mdash; An is held in, in which the vast majority of Armenians vote for independence. Armenia declares independence shortly afterwards.


 * September 25 &mdash; A is formed to begin drafting a new  for the.


 * October 1 &mdash; unilaterally declares independence from the . The people of  and  declare their support to remain in the USSR.




 * December 26 &mdash; The recognizes the independence of, , and . Peace talks between the USSR and these new nations are scheduled to resolve ongoing border conflicts. The "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" officially ceases to exist.

1992

 * January 6 &mdash; Amid growing tensions, n President flees the nation. The break-away regions of  and  push to join the . The  begins.


 * January 10 &mdash; A peace agreement is established between and the . Under the agreement, Armenia recognizes the integrity of  as an  of the USSR. In exchange, Azerbaijan and the USSR secure the rights of the Armenian people living in the region.


 * March 1 &mdash; gains membership in the . As part of which, the UN recognizes the territorial integrity of Moldavia to include  and . Both regions urge assistance from.


 * March 2 &mdash; Backed by, troops cross the border into . In response, President  orders the deployment of  troops into the break-away republic. The  begins.


 * May 14 &mdash; A new of the  is approved.


 * May 15 &mdash; and the  ratify the Collective Security Treaty, thereby establishing the.


 * June 9 &mdash; Legislative elections are held across the . The is able to hold onto their majority in both houses of the.


 * July 21 &mdash; n troops are called out of and . The  ends.


 * August 14 &mdash; deploys troops to restore control over .  troops are deployed into both Abkhazia and . The  begins.


 * September 3 &mdash; n troops are called out of and . The  ends with the  retaining control over the two break-away regions.


 * September 10 &mdash; In a controversial move, the allows the unrecognized regions of, , , and  to sign the . The four regions are virtually annexed by the USSR.


 * November 3 &mdash;  incumbent  as the.

1993

 * January 3 &mdash; In, Presidents and  sign the second  (START II).


 * February 27 &mdash; After months of debating and negotiations, the of,  and  sign the  (thereby becoming full ).


 * July 6 &mdash; The of  signs the . Upon which, they rename themselves the "Artsakh Republic."

1994



 * January 14 &mdash; Presidents and  sign the, in which both nations agree to end the preprogrammed aiming of  at each other.


 * March 6 &mdash; A is held in  on whether the nation to remain an independent nation or (potentially) seek  with . The close majority of Moldavians vote against continued independence, and reunification talks begin between Moldavia and Romania.


 * March 8 &mdash; The of, , , and  sign the  (thereby becoming full ).


 * May 21 &mdash; Amid growing opposition to centralized control by, the of  proclaim independence as the "Democratic Republic of Yemen."




 * October 4 &mdash; is  as  (becoming the first democratically elected leader of the USSR).

1995

 * January 1 &mdash; The of  and  takes place. The "Federal Republic of Romania" is established. As part of the reunification, Romania drops any claims to  and.




 * June 25 &mdash; The first manned launch of  Uragan takes place. Piloted by   and, the mission is a success for the  and begins a new era for the.

1996

 * July 24 &mdash;, , , and meet in  and declare their united neutrality from both  and the  in what would become known as the.


 * November 5 &mdash; Democratic candidate is elected as the 42nd  of the.

1997

 * February 20 &mdash; Space shuttle Uragan (part of the ) successfully docks with the  space station.


 * March 26 &mdash;, , are admitted as republics of the Soviet Union.


 * May 12 &mdash; After growing tensions, delegates from Russia and the federal government meet in St Petersburg for meetings. The meetings would eventually lead to the.


 * October 24 &mdash; After months of negotiations, the is finalized.


 * November 20 &mdash;, , , , , , , and are admitted as full republics of the USSR.

1999

 * May 25 &mdash; The is signed in Sochi. It allows the creation and admission of, , and the  as republics of the Soviet Union.

2000

 * February 11 &mdash; wins a second term in office, defeating opponent.

2001

 * February 18 &mdash; FBI agent is arrested and charged with spying for the  for 15 years.


 * September 11 &mdash; terrorists hijack four American airliners. Two crash in the "Twin Towers" of the  complex in New York City, the third crashes into  in, and the fourth crashes into a field in  (not hitting its final target). All airliners over the United States are ordered to land, while incoming traffic would be rerouted. The nation is put on high alert. The attacks are condemmned by the international community.


 * October 7 &mdash; The launches an invasion of, which has been housing  and  since the 1990s). US troops soon gain support from opposition movement in the nation (including the  and the ).


 * November 13 &mdash; falls to coalition forces.

2002



 * January 1 &mdash; The European nations of, , , , , , , the , , and drop their national currencies in favor of a united.


 * February 25 &mdash; The declares their independence from Sudan. Days later, the southern (Christian) states of Sudan declare their independence as the . The United States recognizes the independence of both nations.


 * October 7 &mdash;, , and the officially establish the  (CSTO).

2003

 * January 16 &mdash; begins with space shuttle Columbia successfully launching from . Upon looking at launch tapes, engineers discover that a peace of isolation foam detached from the booster and hit Columbia. NASA is notified about the issue.


 * January 26 &mdash; After examining satellite images of Columbia's wing, it is determined that it would not be safe to attempt a reentry. NASA informs the astronauts and their families about the situation, and makes a public announcement the following day. The begins.


 * January 27 &mdash; Word reaches the Moscow about Columbia. engineers realize that the timing would be good if the Soviet's upcoming  mission was scrubbed in order to assist the Americans. At 11:00 PM (EST), SAKA officials offer the assistance of the Groza (which was scheduled for a mission to  in a few weeks).


 * February 3 &mdash; NASA specialists arrive in Moscow. Plans are brought together on how to recuse the astronauts of Columbia.


 * February 10 &mdash; Space shuttle Groza launches from the . The shuttle has only a two cosmonaut crew ( and ), with the remaining space containing fuel and supplies for the astronauts of Columbia.




 * February 14 &mdash; Space shuttle Groza successfully "docks" with Columbia. Cosmonaut Budarin preforms the first of several required spacewalks to gain access to Columbia. For several hour, more spacewalks are preformed, with astronauts, , , and crossing the vacuum of space to Groza. Large amounts of fuel and supplies are carefully transported to Columbia, allowing Commander , , and ) (who must remain on Columbia due to space on Groza) plenty of food, water, and comforts for their remaining time on Columbia.


 * February 16 &mdash; Space shuttle Groza "detaches" from Columbia, and begins its return to Earth.


 * February 18 &mdash; Space shuttle Groza safely lands back on Earth. The families of the returning astronauts travel to to welcome them home.


 * October 12 &mdash; An explosion in the city of  kills 245 people. Al-Qaeda is rumored to have funded the attack, but Ethiopia blames terrorists organizations in neighboring Somalia. Ethiopia brings its accusations to the United Nation.




 * November 9 &mdash; Moscow is hit by . A suicide bomber explodes himself in the main lobby of, another explosion destroys a packed train in between stations on the , a third suicide bomber detonates himself in front of , and a fourth and fifth explosion ripping across the and s. Together, over a thousand people are killed or injured. Days later, Osama bin Laden makes a televised speech, taking credit for the attacks.

2004

 * January 9 &mdash; A joint n- invasion of takes place in retaliation of the terrorists attacks upon  and  just months earlier. Soviet troops gain alliances from  and.




 * February 12 &mdash; falls to joint Puntland-Soviet forces. Fighting intensifies just south of the city.


 * May 1 &mdash; The expands with the membership of, , , , , , , , , , , and.


 * May 12 &mdash; and the  recognize the independence of the.


 * November 2 &mdash; Democratic candidate is elected.

2005

 * January 20 &mdash; President-elect is sworn in as the 43rd.


 * February 11 &mdash; Presidential candidate and first woman in space,, is elected as President of the Soviet Union in a landslide victory over candidate.




 * May 7 &mdash; President-elect is sworn in as the 3rd  of the . Tereshkova becomes the first woman leader of the Soviet Union, as well as the first woman leader of the region since.

2007



 * June 4 &mdash; The Soviet city of is selected to host the . This will be the first time the Soviet Union hosts the Winter Olympics, as well as the second time the USSR has hosted the Olympics since the  in.


 * September 12 &mdash; Former Soviet Minister of Interior,, reveals his involvement in a to overthrow  and his reforms in August 1991. The news shocks the entire Soviet Union. After days of speculation, former Vice President and plot leader  makes a formal statement, confirming the plot. Gorbachev would later be interviewed on his reaction, in which he simply states he isn't as shocked as the entire nation. No charges ordered on the conspirators, and the majority of the Union would like to move on.

2008

 * November 4 &mdash; President is elected for a second term as the.

2009

 * June 20 &mdash; President becomes the first sitting world leader to travel into space. She addresses the world during her mission on the Uragan, and would continue to endorse the Soviet space program.

2010

 * February 11 &mdash; is elected for a second term as.


 * April 10 &mdash; The President of, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes in western Russia.


 * May 9 &mdash; The armed forces of, , the , and the march in the Moscow Victory Day Parade for the first time in the event's history.




 * August 7 &mdash; Due to record breaking heatwaves, wildfires bake out across the Soviet Union. Smoke blankets Moscow in a deadly smog, raising the amount of death in the capital to about 700 per day (double the average).


 * September 24 &mdash; Former Soviet Vice President dies at the age of 73.


 * November 26 &mdash; The declares  and other officials of the Soviet Union to have been responsible for the 1940.

2011

 * January 25 &mdash; The ratifies the, a month after its ratification by the