Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
Congress of People’s Deputies election (1989)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “The party loses in Leningrad”
26 Mar 1989 — In the first contested national elections since 1917, voters reject dozens of senior party officials. In Leningrad the regional party chief, standing unopposed, fails because most voters cross out his name. The new Congress opens in May, televised live.
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- Perestroika and glasnost (chapter 8 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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