Change
Builds in the USSR
uRevolutionary changes in Eastern Europe were soon echoed inside the USSR.
uThe republics profited from long-suppressed nationalism.
uOne by one, the
republic parliaments adopted
resolutions of sovereignty and the
dominance of their laws over Soviet legislation.
uLithuania and
Georgia went so far as to assert
their complete independence from
the Soviet Union.
uRussia, itself passed a sovereignty resolution on June 12, 1990.
