December 8, 1991 held the so-called parade of sovereignty. In the village of Viskuli near Belovezhskaya Pushcha, the leaders of Ukraine, Belarus and the RSFSR signed an act on the termination of the USSR, which declared the formation of the CIS and announced the termination of the Union Treaty and the termination of state structures that belonged to the former Union. In history, this act is called the Bialowieza Agreement.
In the RSFSR on June 12, 1990, major changes occurred. Democrats and communists recognized the sovereignty of the Russian Federation. True, this was done within the Soviet Union. Countries such as Latvia and Estonia did not even talk about their withdrawal from the USSR.
After these events, the now-known parade of sovereignty began. It swept through the remaining republics: autonomous in the USSR and allied. You probably remember that in the Supreme Soviets, the mandates belonged mostly to the Communists. The first secretaries of the Central Committee of the Republican Communist Parties became chairmen of the Supreme Soviets (except for Snegur (a simple member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Moldova) and Kravchuk (secretary for ideological issues of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine)).
After that, some of them began to proclaim themselves Presidents, and declare the country a republic. In the summer and autumn of 1990, they talked with Secretary General Gorbachev in a completely different way. Moreover, they relied on republican sovereignty, which was confirmed by the "will of the people."
Under the "people" they understood the titular nationality, and the rest of the citizens were automatically discriminated. This was ignored by the allied leadership and the democratic “human rights defenders”. Everyone was interested in the “war of laws" that flared up every day. It was attended by the union center and "sovereign" republics. The leadership of the Baltic states, Georgia and the “sovereign” RSFSR showed itself very actively.
March 17, 1991 held a parade of sovereignty. He proclaimed the preservation of the Union. Of the 185.6 million citizens of the USSR, 148.5 million had the right to vote (approximately 80%). 112 million voted to preserve the USSR. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces added to the all-Union local referendum, which proclaimed union legislation over republican legislation. The Russian Congress announced the popular election of the president of the RSFSR. According to official figures, most Ukrainians and Russians voted “For.”
But, despite this, Mikhail Gorbachev throughout the autumn was engaged in the issues of reanimation of the so-called Novogarevsky process. In order to create a state on a confederate basis. For this, they even came up with the name SSG - the Union of Sovereign States.
November 14, Gorbachev announces the creation of a single "confederate democratic state." Yeltsin, who was standing next to him, said that everything was fine and the Union would exist. Well, then, you yourself know, it turned out the opposite.
As a result, the Constitution of the Russian Federation recognizes sovereignty.
Many states have gained independence. So now we can safely say that the parade of sovereignty led to the collapse of the Union. For better or worse, of course, it is not for us to judge. Who knows what life would have been with us if all this had not happened?