Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR
political act of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR (Russian: Декларация о государственном суверенитете РСФСР, romanized: Deklaratsiya o gosudarstvennom suverenitete RSFSR) was a political act of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, then part of the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of constitutional reform in Russia. The Declaration was adopted by the First Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian SFSR on 12 June 1990. It proclaimed the sovereignty of the Russian SFSR and the intention to establish a democratic constitutional state within a liberalized Soviet Union. The declaration also states the following:
Priority of the constitution and laws of the Russian SFSR over the legislation of the Soviet Union (sovereignty).
Equal legal opportunities for all citizens, political parties, and public organizations (equality before the law).
The principle of separation of legislative, executive and judicial powers;
The need to significantly expand the rights of the autonomous republics, regions, districts, territories of Russia (federalism).
The declaration was signed by then Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, Boris Yeltsin.
The day of the declaration, 12 June, has been celebrated as Russia Day, the national holiday in the Russian Federation, since 1992.
See also
Dissolution of the USSR
Constitution of Russia
Russian Constitution of 1978
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
Notes
References
External links
Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (English) Seventeen Moments in Soviet History Archive, Michigan State University.
“Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR” enters the record as political act of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Declaration, State and Sovereignty can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Declaration, State and Sovereignty provides the most credible route into that argument.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4156971. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1990, 1992, 1978 and 1993.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR primary sources, Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR archive and Declaration research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian SFSR” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.