29 May 1990 year as the head of the chairman of the Supreme Council ascended at that time MP, Chairman of the committee on construction and architecture of Boris Yeltsin. Chairmanship nominee received only on the third attempt, as a result of typing 535 votes. Then voted against Yeltsin 467 human, expressing support for Alexander Vlasov (former Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR and at that time - Chairman of the RSFSR Council of Ministers).
A few days after the election of Boris Yeltsin, chairman of the Supreme Council took the famous decision of so-called declaration of independence. The document was approved 12 June 1990 at the Congress of People's Deputies. One of the main innovations in connection with the adoption of the Declaration is, that the laws of the RSFSR were placed above federal law. In fact, we then talked about the initiative of the separatist, which was previously implemented in several other Soviet republics.
Instead of trying to keep the country united was the start of the process, commonly known as "hits sovereignties". Within a few months after the announcement, that the republican laws above-Union, Local local princelings began to take so much power, "How much could swallow". On State Sovereignty announced: Karelian ASSR, Komi ASSR, Tatar ASSR, Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and many others. Actually rained, not only as a conglomeration of republics of the USSR, but also their constituent parts - in the form of autonomy within the RSFSR. Republic, proclaimed sovereignty, even began to introduce its own citizenship. So, Karelia in said there was a law about triple citizenship: Karelian people began to turn to the citizens of Karelia together with the availability of the RSFSR and the USSR citizenship. National Assembly received the right to "suspend" the action of the RSFSR and the USSR legislation on its territory, if it is "not in line" to the local legislation.
Yeltsin:
In the name of Russians, in the name of the peoples, who live on the territory of Russia, for the sake of our unity with you not regret anything, no health, any time - so much, as necessary to, to get out of this crisis and still lead the Russian to better times. This I promise you firmly!
About, any "best of times" came after that performance, Russia remembers well.
