State Committee on the State of Emergency (Chairman Yanayev)

The State Committee of the State of Emergency was a Committe that ruled the Soviet Union from 1991-2001. The Committee was commissioned by Gennaday Yanayev and Vladimir Kryuchkov, the head of the Ministry of State Security (KGB). In accordance to the 1995 Constitution, State Committes of the State of Emergency can be formed at the request of the Central Committee and Politboro, if the Policies of the Government either violate the Soviet Constiituion or threaten the territorial intergrity of the Soviet Union.